近山剉無柴,近溪擔無水。
“Near the mountain, yet no firewood cut; near the stream, yet no water carried.”
Having resources or opportunity close at hand means nothing without the effort to actually make use of it.
— Traditional Taiwan Wisdom, Taiwan
Source: Traditional Taiwan proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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