"fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me" meaning in English

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        "After being tricked once, one should learn from one's mistakes and avoid being tricked in the same way again."
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          "note": "لَا يُلْدَغُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ جُحْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ (lā yuldaḡu l-muʔminu min juḥrin wāḥidin marratayni, literally “A believer is not bitten from the same hole twice.”)",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "word": "eşşək girdiyi palçığa bir də girməz"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "qui me trompe une fois, honte à lui; qui me trompe deux fois, honte à moi"
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          "word": "piège-moi une fois, honte sur toi, piège-moi deux fois, honte sur moi"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "Täusche mich einmal, Schande über dich; Täusche mich zweimal, Schande über mich"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "ha egyszer átversz, az a te szégyened. ha kétszer átversz, az már az enyém"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "word": "یک بار گولم زدی، تو خجالت بکش. دوبار گولم بزنی من باید خجالت بکشم."
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          "note": "у́мный челове́к два́жды на одни́ и те же гра́бли не насту́пит (úmnyj čelovék dváždy na odní i te že grábli ne nastúpit, literally “a clever man won't step on the same rake twice”)",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "note": "لَا يُلْدَغُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ جُحْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ (lā yuldaḡu l-muʔminu min juḥrin wāḥidin marratayni, literally “A believer is not bitten from the same hole twice.”)",
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      "code": "az",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "у́мный челове́к два́жды на одни́ и те же гра́бли не насту́пит (úmnyj čelovék dváždy na odní i te že grábli ne nastúpit, literally “a clever man won't step on the same rake twice”)",
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      "code": "tr",
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  "word": "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me"
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