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Finnish
Proverb
jos on lusikalla annettu, ei voi kauhalla vaatia (literally, “when someone has been given (their intelligence) with a spoon, they can't be asked (to give it back) with a ladle”)
- One cannot expect too much from a (hopelessly) unintelligent person; there is no cure for stupidity.
- (more generally) If someone simply lacks some quality, one cannot expect too much from them in that regard.