Provençal proverb

Voudrié mai lou carga que de lou rempli.

Gluttons

Maritime Provençal

Voudrié mai lou carga que de lou rempli.

Meaning

It would cost less to carry him than to fill him.

Theme

Gluttons

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

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