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Provençal proverb

Bouon avoucat, marrit vesin.

Lawsuits and Lawyers

Maritime Provençal

Bouon avoucat, marrit vesin.

Meaning

A good lawyer makes a bad neighbour.

Theme

Lawsuits and Lawyers

Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.

More proverbs on this theme

Au mai pènde
Au mai rende.The longer it hangs, the more it yields. Qu a proucès a besoun de tres cavo : de paciènci, d'ami, e d'argènt.He who has a lawsuit needs three things: patience, friends and money. Qu a fa la lei a fa l'engàmbi.He who made the law also made the means to evade it.