ធ្វើស្រែនឹងទឹក ធ្វើសឹកនឹងបាយ។

“We plant rice with water; we wage war with rice.”

Every endeavor depends on having the right resource in hand first — water for farming, rice for feeding an army.

— Traditional Khmer Wisdom, Cambodia

Source: Traditional Khmer proverb (សុភាសិត), public-domain oral tradition