Il n’est orgueil que de pauvre enrichi.There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesThere is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich.
Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · FRENCH PROVERBS · paragrafo 493 · «Il n’est orgueil que de pauvre enrichi.»
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