Provençal expression

jamai cassaire a nourri soun paire

Wisdom

Literal translation

never has a hunter fed his father

Meaning

no hunter ever fed his father from the hunt

Explanation

No hunter ever fed his father from the hunt: a saying about the little profit drawn from hunting.

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es paraulo d'Evangèliit's the gospel truth acò's un conte de Mèste Arnaudit's a tall tale, hard to believe tóuti li cop que dis uno verita ié toumbo un ueievery time he tells the truth it costs him dearly (said of a liar) meno uno vido que lou bon Diéu sauphe leads a life only God could account for Jamai sant de païs a fa miracleno one is a prophet in his own land fedo aprivadado de trop d'agnèu es tetadoa too-tame ewe gets suckled by too many lambs: people exploit the easygoing