Maritime Provençal
A coume lei testo de moutoun, ris de soun malur.
Meaning
He is like sheep's heads — he grins at his own misfortune.
Note : It is known that a sheep's head contracts and appears to grin under the butcher's knife.
Theme
Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.