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Awa no ta muha makaku dos bes.

Water does not wet a monkey twice.

A person who has learned from a painful mistake will not let the same thing catch them off guard again.

Traditional Curaçao Wisdom, Curaçao

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

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