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Ng di ngmai a llechul er a rael.

He gets his law from the streets.

Describes someone who learns life's lessons through hard personal experience rather than through guidance from elders.

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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