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Komedó di webu no sa ku galiña su atras ta hasi due.

The one who eats the egg does not know how much the hen's backside hurts.

Those who enjoy the benefits of something rarely understand the effort or pain that produced it.

Traditional Papiamento Wisdom, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Source: Traditional Papiamento proverb, shared Aruba-Bonaire-Curaçao (ABC islands) oral tradition, public-domain oral tradition

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