My favorite Haitian proverbs
Number one:
The constitution is paper, bayonets are steel.
Here is a list of some others. How about this?
The goat which has many owners will be left to die in the sun.
Or this:
Ignorance doesn’t kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.
Another list offers what is surely a current thought of Aristide’s:
I give you a room and now you want my living room.
Here are some Haitian proverbs explained, some in scatological fashion.
George Bush could have used these two:
Pal franse pa di lespri pou sa.
To speak French doesn’t mean you are smart.
And:
Li pale franse.
He speaks French. (A person likely is deceiving you)