Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente.
“The shrimp that falls asleep gets carried off by the current.”
Complacency or inattention lets opportunity or danger overtake you.
— Traditional Guatemala Wisdom, Guatemala
Source: Traditional Guatemala proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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