Punën e sotme mos e lër për nesër.
“Don't leave today's work for tomorrow.”
Delaying necessary tasks only makes them harder to finish later.
— Traditional Albania Wisdom, Albania
Source: Traditional Albania proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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