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Provençal proverb

Lou fourrié pas fouesso fusteja per n'en faire un imbecile.

Simpletons

Maritime Provençal

Lou fourrié pas fouesso fusteja per n'en faire un imbecile.

Meaning

It would take little whittling to turn him into an imbecile.

Note : From the Celtic fust, a piece of wood cut lengthwise.

Theme

Simpletons

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

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