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As with proverbs of other peoples around the world, Polish proverbs concern many topics; [5] at least 2,000 Polish proverbs relate to weather and climate alone. [1] Many concern classic topics such as fortune and misfortune, religion, family, everyday life, health, love, wealth, and women; others, like the first recorded Polish proverb (referring to bast production), and those about weather ...
Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna ("God, Honor, Fatherland"): [1] the most common phrase found on Polish military standards. [citation needed] Za wolność naszą i Waszą ("For our freedom and yours"): [2] Its history dates back to the times when Polish soldiers, exiled from the partitioned Poland, fought in the various independence movements throughout ...
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"Rex regnat sed non gubernat" (The King reigns, but does not govern) Jan Zamoyski "I see the whole world open before me; the only place that remains sealed off is Poland, and suddenly I feel the atmosphere so close about me that at times it is difficult to breathe.
While the saying has sometimes been attributed to the 16th-century Polish rabbi Moses Isserles, [14] the Polish literary historian Stanisław Kot provided the earliest printed attestation of part of the saying — "Heaven for the nobles, purgatory for townspeople, hell for peasants, and paradise for Jews" — in an anonymous 1606 Latin [15] text, one of two that are jointly known by the Polish ...
Krzyżanowski was the editor of the largest and most reputable collection of Polish proverbs up to date, [1] called the "bible of Polish proverbs", [2] Nowa księga przysłów i wyrażeń przysłowiowych polskich (New Book of Polish Proverbs and Proverbial Expressions, also known as Nowa Księga przysłów polskich, A New Book of Polish Proverbs, published in several volumes in the years 1969 ...
The Polish language, like most others, contains swear words and profanity. Although some words are not always seen as pejorative, others are considered by some to be highly offensive. There is debate amongst scholars regarding the language's swear words that are considered to be the most derogatory. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Polish Soldier and Hungarian Ladies, by Georg Haufnagel (Czartoryski Museum, Kraków) The saying – a 16th- or 18th-century coinage by Polish szlachta (nobility) – reflects a long special relationship between Poland and Hungary. Poles and Hungarians considered themselves brothers in war and peace.