Tout travail se fait de bon matin.
“All work is done early in the morning.”
Diligence means starting tasks early rather than putting them off.
— Traditional Mayotte & Comoros Wisdom, Mayotte
Source: Traditional Mahorais proverb (Shimaore oral tradition, Mayotte), as recorded in "Les proverbes de Mayotte", proverbes-francais.fr, drawn from the 1996 Dictionnaire mahorais
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