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Provençal proverb

Qu a fa la lei a fa l'engàmbi.

Lawsuits and Lawyers

Maritime Provençal

Qu a fa la lei a fa l'engàmbi.

Meaning

He who made the law also made the means to evade it.

Theme

Lawsuits and Lawyers

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

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