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