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Sick nu care, doctor worst
If you don't care about your own problems, don't expect anyone else to care
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sleep nu ha no massa
Sooner or later you have to sleep
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Trouble nu set like rain
Problems often arrive without warning
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Young bud nu know storm
The young and inexperienced don't understand true troubles or hardships.
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If yu nu check di watah, nu tek off yu shoe
Look before you leap
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Wen man dead grass grow da i door mout
The dead are soon forgotten.
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duck nu lay egg before fowl
You can achieve success regardless of your origin or background.
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Jackass seh di worl nu level
Life isn't fair.
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nu mek one donkey choke yu
Don't be misled by a fool
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stranger nu know di deep wata
Be careful with things you don't fully understand
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Alligator lay egg, but him nu fowl
Things are not always as they seem.
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dog nu howl if him ha bone
Contented people don't protest things that don't concern them.
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Nu jus one way fi heng dog
There is more than one way to accomplish a goal
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'Tank yu' nu buy half bit bread
Payment is more useful than expressions of gratitude
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When cloud shado come, sun nu set
One rough time does not mean all hope is lost
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A nu same day leaf drop it rotten
One bit of misfortune does not mean total destruction
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Howdy an tenk yu nu bruk no square
It never costs anything to be polite.
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One plate a dinner nu fatten maaga dog
One piece of good luck doesn't do much to change a bad state of affairs
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Rockstone a riva bottom nu know sun hot
Sheltered persons don't know true hardship or troubles.
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Victory nu come fram lie dung inna bead
Success requires hard work
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when man dead him nu fraid fi rotten
No need to fear things that cannot harm you.
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Yu nu know how parson get him gown.
Don't envy the success of others when you don't know what it cost.
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All mout nu set fi tell di same lie.
If everyone says the same thing, there may be truth behind it.
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Fowl whe feed a yard nu hard fi ketch
It is easy to catch up to someone who is avoiding or running away from you when that person depends on you for something essential.
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hungry hungry an full full nu travel same pass
The rich and the poor live different lives and go different ways
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Nu dash whe stick before yu done cross riva
Don't be too quick to discard or reject things because you may need them in the future
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Poun o fretment nu pay fo gill o debtment
Worrying does not improve a bad situation.
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Yu shake man han, yu nu shake him heart
Appearances can be deceiving
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Yu shake man han, yu nu shake him heart
It's impossible to tell what a person is thinking or feeling.
When man no gat nutt'n fu do he go da sabana an tell cow maanin
People who have nothing to do, or are bored do stupid things to kill time
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Nu cuss alligator long mout til yu cross di riva
Don't provoke people while they are in a position to retaliate.
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nu wait til drum beat before yu grine yu axe
Always be prepared
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Bucket wid hole a battam nu have no business a riverside
Don't criticise others when you have faults of your own.
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Chile whe de on mudda back nu know how road long
The young and inexperienced don't understand true troubles or hardships.
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Peel neck fowl bawl fi life, im nu bawl fi fedda
Outward beauty isn't the most important thing
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If yu nu go unda fowl coob, fowl cyaa shit pan yu
People abuse you or take advantage of you unless you put yourself in a position for them to do so.
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Nu matta how boar hog hide unda sheep wool, him grunt betray him
People's true colours will always come to the surface
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Kay koule twompe soley soley men li pa twompe lapil.
A leaky house can fool the sun, but it can't fool the rain.
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card
To trick or fool
lone
A conditional; To be soley something. Ex. "Dat da lone rass".