Wòch nan dlo pa konnen doulè wòch nan solèy

The stone in the water does not know the pain of the stone in the sun

Comfort cannot imagine hardship. One of the most quoted lines in Haitian speech and writing.

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

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