242 Polish Proverbs / Page 4
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Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.62.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.63.
Even if a chef cooks just a fly, he would keep the breast for himself.64.
Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree.65.
Every error has its excuse.66.
Everyone is tempted to evil.67.
Fate throws fortune, but not everyone catches.68.
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine.69.
Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine.70.
Folly lives next door to knowledge.71.
For a ducat brother will sell brother.72.
Fortune goes like a wheel.73.
Fortune is a giver and a taker.74.
Fortune's wheel is ever turning.75.
From someone else's cart you have to get off halfway.76.
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.77.
God grant me a good sword and no use for it.78.
God pays, but not weekly wages.79.
God promised me a fur coat, and I am already sweating.80.
Great things can best be said in silence.