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  What it means

  “He strips himself of all virtues who does not support his parents.” A moral proverb stressing filial duty — failing to care for one’s parents is seen as the gravest moral failing, negating all other good qualities.

  English equivalent

  Honour thy father and thy mother.

  Vocabulary

  • cnota — virtue
  • obdzierać — to strip, to rob (of something)
  • wspierać — to support, to help
  • rodzice — parents

  Grammar note

  'Ze wszystkich cnót' uses the genitive plural after 'ze'. 'Siebie obdziera' is a reflexive construction. 'Swych rodziców' is the genitive plural of 'swoi rodzice'.

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