242 Polish Proverbs / Page 9
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The devil lives beneath a slattern woman's skirts.162.
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.163.
The doctor demands his fees whether he has killed the illness or the patient.164.
The doorstep of the palace is very slippery.165.
The early bird gets the worm.166.
The end justifies the means.167.
The farmer is a born philosopher, the aristocrat has to learn how.168.
The good won't be spoiled in an inn, so the bad won't be mended in a church.169.
The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then a sweetheart's.170.
The greatest love is a mother's, then a dog's, then a sweetheart's.171.
The greatest oaks have been little acorns.172.
The grunts of pigs never make it to heaven.173.
The ill wind that blows is probably your mother-in-law farting.174.
The Italian invents it; the Frenchman makes it; the Germans sell it; the Pole buys it and the Tartar plunders it.175.
The liar will travel the world over, but chooses not to go back home.176.
The locksmith is the guilty one, but the blacksmith hangs.177.
The man who can not dance thinks the band is no good.178.
The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good.179.
The news of a good deed travels far, but the news of a bad one travels even farther.180.
The news of a good deed travels far, but the news of a bad one travels even farther.