Wat een net am Kapp huet, muss een an de Been hunn.
“What you do not have in your head, you must have in your legs.”
Forgetfulness or poor planning costs extra effort and running around later.
— Traditional Luxembourg Wisdom, Luxembourg
Source: Traditional Luxembourg proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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