33 Polish Proverbs
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“A good appetite needs no sauce.”
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“A good bargain is a pick-purse.”
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“A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad one
must.”
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“A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.”
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“A noisy cow gives little milk.”
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“A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt.”
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“All times are good when old.”
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“Do not push the river, it will flow by itself.”
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“Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.”
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“Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree.”
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“Every error has its excuse.”
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“Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter,
and in wine.”
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“God grant me a good sword and no use for it.”
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“Hunger will lead a fox out of the forest.”
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“Hungry bellies have no ears.”
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“Ink, if not used, will dry up.”
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“Innocence itself sometimes hath need of a mask.”
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“Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance.”
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“Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears.”
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“Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless to try and find
what is gone.”
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“Nowadays you must go to heaven to meet an angel.”
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“On a thief, the hat's on fire.”
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“The doctor demands his fees whether he has killed the illness or
the patient.”
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“The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then a
sweetheart's.”
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“The greatest love is a mother's, then a dog's, then a
sweetheart's.”
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