Opo tya, ma no opo suma.
“Lift a burden, but never lift up at the expense of a person.”
Take on hard work willingly, but never take advantage of another human being.
— Traditional Suriname Wisdom, Suriname
Source: Traditional Suriname proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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