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Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs QUOTES

Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs QUOTES

1 " Well dressed to-day; only a langouti tomorrow.

--Mauritius proverb "

― Lafcadio Hearn , Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs

2 " Let those who want to hatch hatch their own eggs.

----Martinique proverb "

― Lafcadio Hearn , Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs

3 " Spoon goes to bowl's house; bowl never goes to spoon's house.

--Haitian proverb "

― Lafcadio Hearn , Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs

4 " The clay pot wishes to laugh at the iron pot.

--Trinidad proverb "

― Lafcadio Hearn , Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs