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  What it means

  “What is the use of someone’s greatness if there is no wisdom in their head?” This proverb criticises people with power, rank, or an impressive appearance but little sense. It says that wisdom matters more than status or size.

  English equivalent

  A great head and little wit.

  Vocabulary

  • wielkość — greatness, size
  • głowa — head
  • mądrość — wisdom
  • jak — if, when (here: since)

  Grammar note

  'Po czyjej wielkości' uses the genitive after 'po' in this rhetorical phrase. 'W głowie' is the locative form of 'głowa'.

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