🧠 Haitian proverbs about wisdom

The hole of a lie is not deep

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truth, deceit

Hearing and seeing are two

— Haitian proverb —

truth, evidence

A leaking house fools the sun, but it does not fool the rain

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pretence, truth

Your neighbour's beard catches fire, you soak your own

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prudence, warning

Knowing how to read does not mean intelligence

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knowledge, pretension

Never cut the finger of the one feeding you

— Haitian proverb —

gratitude, prudence

Before you climb the tree, look whether you can come down

— Haitian proverb —

prudence, planning

Asking the road does not mean you are lost

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humility, knowledge

Every rope has two ends

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fairness, truth

You have to beat the drum to hear its sound

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action, experience

The one holding the wooden spoon is the one who knows if it is hot

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experience, empathy

Everyone knows, but not everyone says

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silence, truth

The tallest tree says it sees far, but the travelling seed says it sees farther

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experience, travel, pride

You have to walk to see where the street turns

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experience, learning

Never set a cat to guard the butter

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trust, prudence

An elder's mouth may smell, but what comes out of it is sense

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elders, wisdom

He is an old hand

— Haitian proverb —

experience

A pot you did not put on the fire, you do not take down

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meddling, prudence

Both bells must ring before you know the truth

— Haitian proverb —

truth, fairness

The eye sees, the mouth keeps quiet

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discretion, silence, prudence

It is the shoe that knows whether the sock has a hole

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intimacy, knowledge, appearance

When the cockroach wants to throw a dance, it never invites the hen

— Haitian proverb —

prudence, danger, self-interest