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Provençal proverb

Marrit enfant bouon ome.

Children

Maritime Provençal

Marrit enfant bouon ome.

Meaning

A wayward child makes a sensible man.

Theme

Children

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

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