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Provençal proverb

Quand lou paure douno au riche, lou diable s'en ris.

Rich and Poor

Maritime Provençal

Quand lou paure douno au riche, lou diable s'en ris.

Meaning

When the poor man gives to the rich, the devil laughs.

Theme

Rich and Poor

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

More proverbs on this theme

Se pigno pas 'me un fus.He does not comb his hair with a spindle. Se mando pas la man au sen per uno niero.He does not put his hand in his breast for the sake of a flea. Lou Bouon-Diéu fa pas toutei lei paure.The good Lord does not make all the poor. Paureta meno lagno.Poverty breeds trouble.