Ou vle tout, ou pèdi tout
You want everything, you lose everything
— Haitian proverb —
Grasping at all of it costs you what you had.
The proverb belongs to the Haitian people. The translation and the note are our own.
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Chen ki gen zo nan bouch li pa gen zanmi
A dog with a bone in its mouth has no friends
— Haitian proverb —