Occasionally I would publish proverbs, jokes, riddles and stories from Haiti. None of these are original to me and are taken from various books on Haiti, particularly from the work of Harold Courlander. Perhaps others can add their favorites. Consequently, wisdom is oral. There are no detailed philosophical systems in Haiti.
People hand down their knowledge and express it in proverbs.
In the rural areas hardly 5 or 6 sentences can pass in any serious conversation without someone throwing in a proverb as defense of some idea. There are hundreds of proverbs. And that's how we'll proceed. We'll share many of the popular Haitian proverbs with you. Here's a small sampling to start.