Cockroach nebber so drunk he no crossy fowl-yard.
“The cockroach is never so drunk that he crosses the fowl-yard.”
Instinct for self-preservation persists even when a person is careless or reckless.
— Traditional Bahamas Wisdom, Bahamas
Source: Traditional Bahamas proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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