Provençal proverb

Qu es pas d'un bouon oustau que se lou fague.

Advice

Maritime Provençal

Qu es pas d'un bouon oustau que se lou fague.

Meaning

He who is not from a good house, let him make himself one.

Note : Raise yourself by your own labour.

Theme

Advice

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

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