Provençal proverb

Lei cau soun mascle, lei resoun soun femello.

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

Maritime Provençal

Lei cau soun mascle, lei resoun soun femello.

Meaning

Blows belong to the man, reasons to the woman.

Theme

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

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

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