Travay sé twòp djèf.
“Working is too much toil.”
A wry, humorous complaint about the hardship of labor, said in the same breath as praise for work — folk wisdom holds both views at once.
— Traditional Martinique Wisdom, Martinique
Source: Traditional Martinique proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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