When yoh sorry foh magga hog, e tu'n 'round root yoh door.
“When you feel sorry for the skinny hog, it turns around and roots up your door.”
Kindness shown to the undeserving does not always return as kindness — it may instead bring trouble.
— Traditional Virgin Islands Wisdom, U.S. Virgin Islands
Source: Traditional U.S. Virgin Islands proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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