Provençal proverb

Qu se leisso ana dei doues man es bèn lèu au sau.

Spendthrifts, Gamblers, Drunkards

Maritime Provençal

Qu se leisso ana dei doues man es bèn lèu au sau.

Meaning

He who lets himself go with both hands soon ends up on the ground.

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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