Provençal proverb

L'aigo gasto lou vin,
La carreto lou camin,
E la femo l'ome.

Wine

Maritime Provençal

L'aigo gasto lou vin,
La carreto lou camin,
E la femo l'ome.

Meaning

Water ruins the wine, the cart ruins the road, and the woman ruins the man.

Theme

Wine

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

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