Praca i statek dają dostatek
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What it means
Work and thrift bring plenty. Combining diligent effort with careful, steady habits leads to prosperity and sufficiency.
English equivalent
Industry and thrift bring abundance.
Vocabulary
- statek — steadiness, thrift, prudence (archaic/proverb sense)
- dostatek — plenty, sufficiency, prosperity
Grammar note
'Dają' is the third person plural present of 'dawać'. Note that 'statek' here is an archaic noun meaning prudence or thrift, not a ship.
Cultural context
The word 'statek' in the sense of 'prudence/thrift' is now archaic in everyday Polish but survives in proverbs.
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