Haitian Proverbs (82 Proverbs)
- Better to take your time on the way, if you bring good news.
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- Salt does not brag that it is salted.
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- When you know that people are watching you, there are things that you don't do.
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- Beyond mountains, there are more mountains.
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- The bocor gives you a protective charm, but he doesn't tell you to sleep in the middle of the highway.
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- You don't buy a cat in a bag.
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- Getting married with a woman is nothing; it's assuming the responsibility of marriage that counts.
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- The child says nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
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- You don't throw rocks at a green mango.
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- God has only one measure for all people.
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- The crab that walks too far falls into the pot.
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- Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men.
(Haitian Proverb)
- Hello is your passport.
(Haitian Proverb)
- The dead do not know the value of white sheets.
(Haitian Proverb)
- Hunger is misery; a full stomach is trouble.
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- The fish don't see the water.
(Haitian Proverb)
- 'hurry' and 'well' never go hand in hand.
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- The frog's pee adds to the river.
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- I would rather be deceived by an intelligent person than by a jackass.
(Haitian Proverb)
- The goat that has many owners will be left to die in the sun.
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- A foreseen disaster should not kill the handicapped.
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- If the lizard were good to eat, it would not be so common.
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- The macaco doesn't climb up the acacia tree two times.
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- A mirror doesn't know how to lie.
(Haitian Proverb)
- If you sleep under a tree, you can't prevent the leaf from falling on you.
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- The rat knows full well that, if the cat is old and feeble, its claws are not.
(Haitian Proverb)
- A silk dress doesn't mean clean undergarments.
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- If you want to please, never say things are going well.
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- The way you got married is not the way you'll get divorced.
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- A woman is like mahogany: the older she is, the better she is.
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- It's because the rat knows what he does at night that he doesn't go out during day.
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- True courage is knowing how to suffer.
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- An empty sack doesn't stand up.
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- Little by little the bird makes his nest.
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- Two skinny people don't fry.
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- Arriving and leaving, hoping and remembering, that's what life consists of.
(Haitian Proverb)
- Little snakes need to grow in hiding.
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- What you deserve you don't have to ask for.
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- Behind the gentle barb lies the deadly barb.
(Haitian Proverb)
- Many hands make a workload lighter.
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- When god chooses to give, it shall come in through the door.
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- Being careful is not being a coward.
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- No matter how beautiful the shoes are, they still have to go on the ground.
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- When you curse your stepmother, your mother will be the victim.
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- Ignorance doesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.
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- If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
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- You don't know a man before he takes a woman.
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- If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor.
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- When the cat's stomach is full, the rat's back is bitter.
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- If someone sweats for you, you change his shirt.
(Haitian Proverb)
- When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
(Haitian Proverb)
- Hang your knapsack where you can reach it.
(Haitian Proverb)
- To speak French doesn't mean you are smart.
(Haitian Proverb)
- Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river.
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- The good white man dies, the bad one remains.
(Haitian Proverb)
- Children learn to creep ere they can learn to go.
(Haitian Proverb)
- The goat which has many owners will be left to die in the sun.
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- All food is fit to eat, but not all words are fit to speak.
(Haitian Proverb)
- The donkey sweats so the horse can be decorated with lace.
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- The dog has four feet, but he does not walk in four roads at the same time.
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- The crab that walks miles too far will fall into the pot.
(Haitian Proverb)
- Don't insult the alligator until you've crossed the river.
(Haitian Proverb)
- The child saith nothing but what he heard at the fireside.
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- The child of a tiger is a tiger.
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- Only the knife knows the heart of a pineapple.
(Haitian Proverb)
- Ignorance doesn't necessarily kill you but it makes you sweat a lot.
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- Poor people entertain with the heart.
(Haitian Proverb)
- The constitution is paper, bayonets are steel.
(Haitian Proverb)
- The pencil of God has no eraser.
(Haitian Proverb)
- To stumble is not to fall.
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- A monkey never thinks her baby's ugly.
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- A single finger cannot catch fleas.
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- A stumble is not a fall.
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- Age and marriage tame the beast.
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- Beat the dog; wait for its master.
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- Better rags than nakedness.
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- Beyond the mountain is another mountain.
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- Children aren't dogs; adults aren't gods.
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- Children have wide ears and long tongues.
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- Eggs have no business dancing with stones.
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