Haitian proverbs

If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor.

Ignorance doesn't necessarily kill you but it makes you sweat a lot.

I would rather be deceived by an intelligent person than by a jackass.

Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river.

If you sleep under a tree, you can't prevent the leaf from falling on you.

The dog has four feet, but he does not walk in four roads at the same time.

Arriving and leaving, hoping and remembering, that's what life consists of.

No matter how beautiful the shoes are, they still have to go on the ground.

The rat knows full well that, if the cat is old and feeble, its claws are not.

When you know that people are watching you, there are things that you don't do.

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