Młodość leniwa, starość płaczliwa
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What it means
“A lazy youth makes for a tearful old age.” Those who are idle and irresponsible when young will suffer and regret it in old age. A call to diligence and foresight.
English equivalent
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
Vocabulary
- młodość — youth
- leniwy — lazy
- starość — old age
- płaczliwy — tearful, given to weeping
Grammar note
Both clauses are nominal sentences (no verb), with adjectives 'leniwa' and 'płaczliwa' as predicates agreeing with their feminine nouns.
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