“Do not cross the stream to fetch water you already have at home.”
There is no sense going to great trouble for something already within easy reach.
— Traditional Faroese Wisdom, Faroe Islands
Source: Traditional Danish proverb ("Ga ikke over aen efter vand"), documented in the Wikiquote Danish proverbs compilation, shared Scandinavian/North Atlantic oral heritage also current in Faroese folk speech, public-domain oral tradition
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