“Fat has no feeling.”[57]--[_Trinidad._]
[57] There may be some physiological truth in this proverb as applied
to the inhabitants of the Antilles, where stoutness is the exception.
Generally speaking phlegmatic persons are inclined to fleshiness.
145. Haillons mié passé tout nu. (Les haillons sont mieux que de rester
tout nu.)
“Rags are better than nakedness.” “Half-a-loaf’s better than no
bread.”--[_Hayti._]
146. Haï moune; main pas ba yeaux pañèn pou châïer dleau. (Hais les
gens; mais ne leur donne pas des paniers pour charrier de l’eau.)
“Hate people; but don’t give them baskets to carry water in.”--that is
to say: Don’t tell lies about them that no one can believe--stories
that “won’t hold water.”--[_Trinidad._]