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Moun ki ba ou konsèy achte kabrit nan lapli, se pa li ki ede w pran swen li nan lesèk

The one who advises you to buy a goat in the rain is not the one who helps you keep it through the dry season

— Haitian proverb —

advice, responsibility

Advice is cheap because the adviser never carries the consequence.

Moun ki ba ou konsèy achte kabrit nan lapli, se pa li ki ede w pran swen li nan lesèk — The one who advises you to buy a goat in the rain is not the one who helps you keep it through the dry season
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