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proverb
A person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: look before you leap
Antonyms: he who hesitates is lost
History
From An Essay on Criticism (1711) by Alexander Pope.
