To believe with certainty, we must begin by doubting.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Uncertainty, Belief, Faith, Doubt
Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Perfection
What reaches the mother’s heart will only reach the father’s knees.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Mother
Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Time, Time Management
Fate throws fortune, but not everyone catches.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Fate
The greatest love is a mother’s, then a dog’s, then a sweetheart’s.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Heart
Fish, to taste right, must swim three times – in water, in butter, and in wine
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Eating
Eat in Poland, drink in Hungary, sleep in Germany, and make love in Italy.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Sleeping
The giver should forget, but the receiver should remember forever.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Memory
The liar will travel the world over, but chooses not to go back home.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Home
When I had money everyone called me brother.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Brothers
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
Where the body wants to rest, there the legs must carry it.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: The Body
When a girl is born it is like having six thieves invade the house.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Girls
Great things can best be said in silence.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Silence
Old truths, old laws, old friends, old books, and old wine are best.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Book
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
Love one another said Christ, but he didn’t mention anything about preferences.
—Polish Proverb
An iron peace is better than a golden war.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Peace
Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Government, Capitalism
A good appetite needs no sauce.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Appetite
It is easier to watch over one hundred fleas than one young girl.
—Polish Proverb
Topics: Girls