Measure twice, cut once.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Counsel is as welcome to him as a shoulder of mutton to a sick horse.Dutch
Of hasty counsel take good heed, for haste is very rarely speed.
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He that will have fire must bear with smoke.
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Nothing so bold as a blind man.
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Who has many servants has many thieves.
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Strain not your bow beyond its bent, lest it break.
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