Some go out to fleece and come back sheared.
More Ecuadorian Proverbs:
Anger of the mind is poison to the soul.Ecuadorian
There can be no true pleasantry without discretion.
Ecuadorian
The strong forgive, the weak remember.
Ecuadorian
The slanderer kills a thousand times; the assassin but once.
Ecuadorian
The devil's wiser more on account of his age than on account of being the devil.
Ecuadorian
One never falls but on the side toward which one leans.
Ecuadorian