‹ Under the BaobabYou can hang an item from where you are seated, but when you want to get it down, you have to stand up.
Setting something up can be done comfortably, from a distance, without much effort at all. Actually retrieving the reward, this proverb points out, always demands a final, unavoidable act of effort: sitting still won't finish the job.
En français
On peut accrocher un objet depuis sa place assise, mais pour le redescendre, il faut se lever.
Préparer quelque chose peut se faire confortablement, à distance, sans grand effort. Mais récupérer la récompense, souligne ce proverbe, exige toujours un dernier geste incontournable : rester assis ne suffira pas à finir le travail.
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