Provençal proverb

Un ome de paio vau uno femo d'or.

Husbands, Fathers, Mothers

Maritime Provençal

Un ome de paio vau uno femo d'or.

Meaning

A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.

Theme

Husbands, Fathers, Mothers

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

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