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Provençal proverb

Lou Bouon-Diéu fa pas toutei lei paure.

Rich and Poor

Maritime Provençal

Lou Bouon-Diéu fa pas toutei lei paure.

Meaning

The good Lord does not make all the poor.

Theme

Rich and Poor

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

More proverbs on this theme

Se pigno pas 'me un fus.He does not comb his hair with a spindle. Se mando pas la man au sen per uno niero.He does not put his hand in his breast for the sake of a flea. Paureta meno lagno.Poverty breeds trouble. Quand lou paure douno au riche, lou diable s'en ris.When the poor man gives to the rich, the devil laughs.