Maritime Provençal
Cadet de Prouvènço
D'argènt es senso.
Meaning
A younger son of Provence is without money.
Note : This proverb certainly originated under the law of primogeniture. The same maxim is found for every region: Cadet de Bretagno, n'a que ce que gagno; Cadet de Gascougno a souvent la rougno; Cadet Nourmand, a proun s'a de pan.
Theme
Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.