Provençal expression

a cènt an rèn que de dimenche

Wisdom

Literal translation

At a hundred years, nothing but Sundays.

Meaning

at a hundred, every day is Sunday

Explanation

At a hundred years, nothing but Sundays. This saying on old age evokes the rest that great age brings.

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la vido di gàrrieternal life qu'au bastis sus la graveno, perdi soun tèms emai sa penobuild on gravel and you waste your time and effort de tis amis digo tout bien, de tis enemis digues renspeak only well of your friends, and nothing of your enemies quand sias nascu pounchu poudès pas mouri carrayou can't change your basic nature Vau mai èstre ami de luen qu'enemi de prochebetter a distant friend than a nearby enemy au mai anavo la vieio, au mai appreniéthe older the woman grew, the more she learned