No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy.
“Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today.”
Procrastination only makes tasks harder to finish.
— Traditional Costa Rica Wisdom, Costa Rica
Source: Traditional Costa Rican/Spanish proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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