Provençal proverb

L'esperanço es lou pan dei malurous.

The Unfortunate

Maritime Provençal

L'esperanço es lou pan dei malurous.

Meaning

Hope is the bread of the wretched.

Theme

The Unfortunate

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

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