Haitian Proverbs

Haitian Proverbs

All food is fit to eat, but not all words are fit to speak.
All food is fit to eat, but not all words are fit to speak.

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

Better to take your time on the way, if you bring good news.
Better to take your time on the way, if you bring good news.

If you want to please, never say things are going well.
If you want to please, never say things are going well.

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

Poor people entertain with the heart.
Poor people entertain with the heart.

The goat that has many owners will be left to die in the sun
The goat that has many owners will be left to die in the sun

The pencil of God has no eraser.
The pencil of God has no eraser.

True courage is knowing how to suffer.
True courage is knowing how to suffer.

What you deserve you don't have to ask for.
What you deserve you don't have to ask for.

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

You don't know a man before he takes a woman.
You don't know a man before he takes a woman.


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