The Provençal proverbs on the theme « Simpletons » gather 6 traditional sayings, presented in Maritime Provençal with their English translation. They come from La Tour-Keyrié's collection (1882).
Es un gros Darnagas.He is a great blockhead. Vous lacho lei resoun coume leis ai lei pet.He flings his reasons at you as donkeys let fly their wind. Lou fourrié pas fouesso fusteja per n'en faire un imbecile.It would take little whittling to turn him into an imbecile. A coume lei testo de moutoun, ris de soun malur.He is like sheep's heads — he grins at his own misfortune. Davans que se siegue boulega, aurias tua un ase a cau de poun.Before he has stirred himself, you could have beaten a donkey to death with your fists. Es bèsti de naturo,Sau pas legi soun escrituro.He is dull by nature — he cannot even read his own handwriting.