Provençal expression

Jamai sant de païs a fa miracle

Wisdom

Literal translation

never has a saint of the homeland worked a miracle

Meaning

no one is a prophet in his own land

Explanation

Local merit is rarely recognized by one's own compatriots, notes this proverb, literally "never has a saint of the homeland worked a miracle".

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