Before one cooks, one must have the meat.
More Mauritanian Proverbs:
One must talk little, and listen a lot.Mauritanian
He whose clothes are too fine, shall go about in rags.
Mauritanian
If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
Mauritanian
He who loves money must labor.
Mauritanian
He who has no spoon will burn his hands.
Mauritanian
He who begins a conversation, does not foresee the end.
Mauritanian