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Provençal proverb

Lou vèn, la femo e la fourtuno
Soun mouvedis coume la luno.

Women

Maritime Provençal

Lou vèn, la femo e la fourtuno
Soun mouvedis coume la luno.

Meaning

The wind, the woman and fortune are as changeable as the moon.

Theme

Women

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

More proverbs on this theme

Touto femo que landò
Soun oustau brando.Any woman who lingers too long away from home leaves her house on unsteady ground. Lou cat o la femo
Au mai manjo au mai renoThe cat and the woman, the more they eat the more they grumble. Femo daurado
Es lèu counsoulado.A woman laden with gold is quickly consoled. Lei femo noun soun gens.Women are not people.