Who deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Wer mich einmal betrügt, dem verzeihe es Gott; betrügt er mich wieder, verzeihe mir’s Gott.

Who deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

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