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Languedocien proverbs
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Languedocien is a Occitan dialect spoken in south-central France.
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Që vêi crëma la pôrto dë soun vëzi dêou pôou për la sîouno.
̽English equivalentː When thy neighbour s house doth burn (is on fire) be careful (beware) of thine own.
von Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.com/books?id=AAcJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA73 1875 German 73 Nachbarn, 127
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Lou pâirë a fa las amassadoũiros é lou fil las ëscampadoûiros.
Translation: "The Father made the hoarders and the Son the squanderers."
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA292 II 1875 German 292 523, Vater
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N'ës pa tan picho bollissou q'uno fës d'âou jhour noun fâgo d ' oùmbro.
English equivalent: Every hair casts its shadow.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=SB5WAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA345&dq=Ogsaa+et+Haar+bar+sin+Skygge&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinwYDDqdn2AhVOQvEDHQ2pC7wQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=Ogsaa%20et%20Haar%20bar%20sin%20Skygge&f=false I 345 661, Haar
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Pichoto ribiệiro fâi lous grans gours.
English equivalent: Small streams make great rivers.
von Düringsfeld Ida von Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.com/books?id=AAcJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA309 II 1875 German 309 556, Viele
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Që të fâi, fâi li; që të ghîgno, ghîgno-li.
English equivalent: Give and take is fair play.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=S5dYAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+germanischen+und+romanischen&hl=sv&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Lige%20for%20Lige&f=false 1875 German I 313-314 6̟03, Gleiches
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Un bon nadairë à la fi së nêgo.
English equivalent: The best swimmers often drown.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA194 II 1875 German 194 348, Schwimmer
See Also
French proverbs
Category: Proverbs by language