Provençal proverb

Qu manjo soun capitau
Pren lou camin de l'espitau.

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

Maritime Provençal

Qu manjo soun capitau
Pren lou camin de l'espitau.

Meaning

He who spends his capital takes the road to the poorhouse.

Theme

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

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

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