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Ng ko er a chad er a Ngesias, el ngemuu er a mla mokom.

It is like the men of Ngesias, clamoring over what they had already lost.

There is no use lamenting over something that cannot be recovered.

Traditional Palau Wisdom, Palau

Source: Traditional Palauan proverb; documented in A. Obak & R. K. McKnight, Palauan Proverbs, and Palauan Language Online (tekinged.com/misc/proverbs.php)

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