❤️ Haitian proverbs about love
Haitian proverbs rarely say love plainly. They talk about mahogany that improves with age, about a finger you cannot cut off however badly it smells, about kissing a mouth while fearing its teeth. What follows is closeness as Haitians actually name it — family, women, intimacy, loyalty.
A mother dog never bites her pup to the bone
— Haitian proverb —
Your finger stinks, you cannot cut it off and throw it away
— Haitian proverb —
If you love the seed inside, you must love the skin as well
— Haitian proverb —
The breast is never too heavy for the one who carries it
— Haitian proverb —
Woman is mahogany: the older she is, the better she is
— Haitian proverb —
The donkey bears young so that its own back can rest
— Haitian proverb —
It is the shoe that knows whether the sock has a hole
— Haitian proverb —