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The Italian invents it; the Frenchman makes it; the Germans sell it; the Pole buys it and the Tartar plunders it.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about commerce

If you are going to fight, pray once; if you are going to sail, pray twice; if you are getting married, then pray thrice.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about pray, fight

Pray once if you are going to fight, pray twice if you are going to sail, and pray thrice if you are going to get married.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about pray, fight

The devil seduced Eve in Italian. Eve mislead Adam in Bohemian. The Lord scolded them both in German. Then the angel drove them from paradise in Hungarian.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about paradise, devil

Get married and you will be happy for a week; slaughter a pig and you will be happy for a month; become a priest and you will be happy for the rest of your life.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about happiness, life