Polish Sayings – Traditional Wisdom and Cultural Insights
Actions speak louder than words.
All is fair in love and war.
Better late than never.
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Fortune favors the bold.
Haste makes waste.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
It takes two to tango.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Look before you leap.
Love is blind.
Money can’t buy happiness.
No pain, no gain.
On thin ice.
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Practice makes perfect.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Silence is golden.
The early bird catches the worm.
The grass is always greener on the other side.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
The proof is in the pudding.
There’s no smoke without fire.
Time heals all wounds.
To each their own.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
What goes around comes around.
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Every dog has its day.
Good things come to those who wait.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
It’s the calm before the storm.
Life is like a box of chocolates.
Love conquers all.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.