measure twice and cut once

An axiom that encourages careful first steps in order to avoid extra work later on. I have to go back to the store because I cut the wrong size out of my last piece of material. "Measure twice and cut once" should be my new motto!

See also: and, cut, measure, once, twice

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Virginia	vər-JIN-yə (English), veer-JEE-nyah (Italian), beer-KHEE-nyah (Spanish)	English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Sri	-	Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Indonesian
Romane	-	French
Naira	-	Native American, Quechua, Aymara
GÉZa	-	Hungarian
KÁRi	-	Ancient Scandinavian