Polish proverb Quotes and Quotations
A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year. Even were a cook to cook a fly, he would keep the breast for himself. Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter and in wine. God pays, but not weekly wages. The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then a sweetheart's. Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day. The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward. When I had money everyone called me brother. Spring is a virgin, Summer a mother, Autumn a widow, and Winter a stepmother.
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