‘Ai a manō, ʻaʻohe nāna i kumu pali.
“When the shark eats, he never troubles to look toward the foot of the cliff.”
Said of a person who eats voraciously with no thought of those who provided the food, shows no appreciation for what has been done for him, nor has a care for the morrow.
Source: ‘Ōlelo Noʻeau, by Mary Kawena Pukui
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