242 Polish Proverbs / Page 17
- 161. 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.
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