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50 Inspirational Polish Proverbs About Life (WISDOM)

Top 10 Most Famous Polish Proverbs

If you don’t have what you like, like what you have.Pin
If you don’t have what you like, like what you have.
To divide the skin while it’s still on the bear.Pin
To divide the skin while it’s still on the bear.
From the rain, straight under the drainpipe.Pin
From the rain, straight under the drainpipe.
Poverty does not lose its virtue.Pin
Poverty does not lose its virtue.
Better a sparrow in hand than a pigeon on the roof.Pin
Better a sparrow in hand than a pigeon on the roof.
A Pole is wise after the harm’s been done.Pin
A Pole is wise after the harm’s been done.
Watch the faces of those who bow low.Pin
Watch the faces of those who bow low.
Misfortunes come in pairs.Pin
Misfortunes come in pairs.
Once among the crows, caw as they do.Pin
Once among the crows, caw as they do.
A wolf carried away [its prey] many a time, [but] was eventually carried away itself.Pin
A wolf carried away [its prey] many a time, [but] was eventually carried away itself.

3 Polish Proverbs About Love

(Hidden) from the eyes, (out) from the heart.Pin
(Hidden) from the eyes, (out) from the heart.
Old love does not corrode.Pin
Old love does not corrode.
Those who argue, like each other.Pin
Those who argue, like each other.

13 Polish Proverbs That Will Inspire You In Life

As you make your bed, so you must lie.Pin
As you make your bed, so you must lie.
Every stick has two ends.Pin
Every stick has two ends.
Once on the wagon, once underneath it.Pin
Once on the wagon, once underneath it.
The master’s eye makes the horse fat.Pin
The master’s eye makes the horse fat.
Fortune favors the bold.Pin
Fortune favors the bold.
How you make your bed will determine how well you’ll sleep.Pin
How you make your bed will determine how well you’ll sleep.
It’s better to have a sparrow in one’s hand than a dove on the roof.Pin
It’s better to have a sparrow in one’s hand than a dove on the roof.
Two heads aren’t one.Pin
Two heads aren’t one.
Things done in a hurry are cursed by the devil.Pin
Things done in a hurry are cursed by the devil.
What happened can’t unhappen.Pin
What happened can’t unhappen.
What’s too much isn’t healthy.Pin
What’s too much isn’t healthy.
Even in Paris, they can’t make rice out of oats.Pin
Even in Paris, they can’t make rice out of oats.
Polish person is smart after the damage is done.Pin
Polish person is smart after the damage is done.

4 Polish Proverbs About Food

Appetite comes with eating.Pin
Appetite comes with eating.
Without work, there’s no kalach [cake].Pin
Without work, there’s no kalach [cake].
The apple falls not far from the tree.Pin
The apple falls not far from the tree.
The way he eats (is) the way he works.Pin
The way he eats (is) the way he works.

20 Polish Proverbs To Ponder

Hope is the mother of the stupid.Pin
Hope is the mother of the stupid.
You can’t get a headache from abundance.Pin
You can’t get a headache from abundance.
He who digs pits for others will fall in them himself.Pin
He who digs pits for others will fall in them himself.
Where there are six cooks, there’s nothing to eat.Pin
Where there are six cooks, there’s nothing to eat.
The scythe met the stone.Pin
The scythe met the stone.
The awl has come out of the sack.Pin
The awl has come out of the sack.
The drowning man catches at a razor blade.Pin
The drowning man catches at a razor blade.
When the hag gets off the cart, the horses have it easier.Pin
When the hag gets off the cart, the horses have it easier.
Not my circus, not my monkeys.Pin
Not my circus, not my monkeys.
All roads lead to Rome.Pin
All roads lead to Rome.
My home is my castle.Pin
My home is my castle.
You become whom you befriend.Pin
You become whom you befriend.
Every country has its customs.Pin
Every country has its customs.
Where’s Rome, where’s Crimea.Pin
Where’s Rome, where’s Crimea.
The wolf carried a number of times and then was carried itself.Pin
The wolf carried a number of times and then was carried itself.
Just oil always ends up surfacing.Pin
Just oil always ends up surfacing.
He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.Pin
He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.
History repeats itself.Pin
History repeats itself.
There where a man is in a hurry, the devil has a ball.Pin
There where a man is in a hurry, the devil has a ball.
Lord’s grace rides on a motley horse.Pin
Lord’s grace rides on a motley horse.
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