Your neighbour's beard catches fire, you soak your own
— Haitian proverb —
Take a warning from what lands on someone else.
The proverb belongs to the Haitian people. The translation and the note are our own.
Never cut the finger of the one feeding you
— Haitian proverb —
Before you climb the tree, look whether you can come down
— Haitian proverb —
A pot you did not put on the fire, you do not take down
— Haitian proverb —
When the cockroach wants to throw a dance, it never invites the hen
— Haitian proverb —