“The pigeon hiccups in the jungle; the fruit remains.”

Don't sweat the small things — a passing disturbance does not change what truly endures.

— Traditional Timor-Leste Wisdom, Timor-Leste

Source: Cliff Morris, "Timor: Legends and Poems from the Land of the Sleeping Crocodile" (H.C. Morris, 1984) — traditional Tetum village proverb-poem, collected from Timorese storytellers