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  What it means

  Virtue always leads to a good outcome — doing the right thing will eventually be rewarded.

  English equivalent

  Virtue is its own reward.

  Vocabulary

  • cnota — virtue
  • zawżdy — always (archaic form of 'zawsze')
  • wynidziesz — you will come out, you will emerge (archaic)

  Grammar note

  'Zawżdy' and 'wynidziesz' are archaic forms, reflecting the age of this proverb. 'Wynidziesz' is the future second-person singular of an old verb 'wynijść'.

  Cultural context

  The archaic vocabulary marks this as an old proverb, likely from early modern Polish literature.

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