Provençal proverb

Qu bèn fara,
Bèn trouvara,
lèu vau a la messo.

Philosophers

Maritime Provençal

Qu bèn fara,
Bèn trouvara,
lèu vau a la messo.

Meaning

Do well and you shall find good — as for me, I am off to mass.

Note : Expression used by Monsieur Désidéri on the day he found his wife in a criminal conversation.

Theme

Philosophers

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

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