Bèl antèman pa vle di paradi

A fine funeral does not mean paradise

Ceremony settles nothing about the substance.

The proverb belongs to the Haitian people. The translation and the note are our own.

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Fine hair is not money

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Teeth are bone

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Sleep is death's little brother

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