51 Creole Proverbs
- 1. A beautiful funeral does not necessarily lead to paradise.
 - 2. A fisherman never says his fish stink.
- 3. Bathe other people's children but don't wash behind their ears.
- 4. Be sure that the candle is lit before you throw away the match.
- 5. Better your own cod than another's duck.
- 6. Cowardly men, healthy bones.
- 7. Cutting off a mule's ears doesn't make it a horse.
- 8. Don't call the alligator "big-mouth" till you have crossed the river.
- 9. Don't hang all your clothes on one hook.
- 10. Ears have no covers.
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