The Provençal proverbs on the theme « The Lazy and the Fearful » gather 4 traditional sayings, presented in Maritime Provençal with their English translation. They come from La Tour-Keyrié's collection (1882).
Pren uno paio per un saumié.He mistakes a straw for a beam. Acò li vèn dau pedas.That goes back to his swaddling clothes. Es propre coume la barro d'un galinié.He is as clean as the perch of a henhouse. Garo bouon ten.He who drives away fine weather.