Maritime Provençal
Marchan de vin,
Marchan mesquin.
Meaning
A wine merchant is an unlucky merchant.
Note : This proverb must be very old and date from a time when the various diseases of the vine were unknown.
Theme
Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.