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A remeteet a ko er a redechel a bngaol el di ruebet e oulkou.

Those of high family are like the seed pod of the bngaol tree.

True rank is inherited at birth and needs no outward display to be recognized.

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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