When I had money everyone called me brother.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Brothers
Eat in Poland, drink in Hungary, sleep in Germany, and make love in Italy.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Sleeping
Where the body wants to rest, there the legs must carry it.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: The Body
A good appetite needs no sauce.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Appetite
If you are going to fight, pray once; if you are going to sail, pray twice; if you are getting married, then pray thrice.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Fighting
Old truths, old laws, old friends, old books, and old wine are best.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Book
What reaches the mother’s heart will only reach the father’s knees.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Mother
Fate throws fortune, but not everyone catches.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Fate, Proverbs
I’m human; nothing that is human is strange to me. A good run is better than a bad fight.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Oddity, Peculiarity
The liar will travel the world over, but chooses not to go back home.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Home
Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Government, Capitalism
To believe with certainty, we must begin by doubting.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Doubt, Uncertainty, Faith, Belief
The greatest love is a mother’s, then a dog’s, then a sweetheart’s.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Heart
The giver should forget, but the receiver should remember forever.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Memory
An iron peace is better than a golden war.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Peace
It is easier to watch over one hundred fleas than one young girl.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Girls
Fish, to taste right, must swim three times – in water, in butter, and in wine
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Eating, Proverbs
Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Time Management, Time
Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Perfection
When a girl is born it is like having six thieves invade the house.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Girls
Love one another said Christ, but he didn’t mention anything about preferences.
—Polish Proverb
Great things can best be said in silence.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Silence