“If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.”

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If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.

— Chinese proverb

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Attributed to: Chinese proverb
Culture / tradition: Chinese
Published in: Aboriginal Proverbs: Spoken By The Indigenous
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