Look before you leap

Meaning: Think carefully before acting.

Origin: English proverb from Aesop's fables.

Translations

• French: Il faut tourner sept fois sa langue dans sa bouche (literally: Turn your tongue seven times in your mouth before speaking)
• Spanish: Antes de actuar, piensa (literally: Before acting, think)
• Japanese: 石橋を叩いて渡る (Ishibashi wo tataite wataru) (literally: Cross the stone bridge after tapping it)

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