Сактыкта көрдүк жок.
“With care and precaution, there is nothing left to beg for.”
Careful, cautious people rarely need to ask others for help, because they do not lose what they have through carelessness.
— Traditional Kyrgyz Wisdom, Kyrgyzstan
Source: Traditional Kyrgyz proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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