⚖️ Haitian proverbs about justice

The one who strikes forgets, the one who carries the mark remembers

— Haitian proverb —

memory, injustice

The donkey works, the horse shows off its trim

— Haitian proverb —

labour, injustice, class

Speaking French does not mean intelligence

— Haitian proverb —

class, language, pretension

The stone in the water does not know the pain of the stone in the sun

— Haitian proverb —

empathy, inequality

Every person is a person

— Haitian proverb —

dignity, equality

God knows how to give, He does not know how to divide

— Haitian proverb —

inequality, faith

The small man does what he can, the big man does what he wants

— Haitian proverb —

power, class

Hate the dog, but say its teeth are white

— Haitian proverb —

fairness, honesty

If the oxen knew their own strength, the driver would not drive them

— Haitian proverb —

power, class, solidarity

Every rope has two ends

— Haitian proverb —

fairness, truth

Hate the dog, but do not say it smokes tobacco

— Haitian proverb —

fairness, slander

God is not a stepfather

— Haitian proverb —

faith, equality

Both bells must ring before you know the truth

— Haitian proverb —

truth, fairness

A chigoe flea never respects a big man’s foot

— Haitian proverb —

equality, class, vulnerability

Every creature in the sea eats people, but it is the shark that carries the bad name

— Haitian proverb —

reputation, injustice, slander