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  What it means

  “Fools are not sown — they are born on their own.” Stupidity needs no cultivation; there is never a shortage of fools. Often said with irony when someone does something foolish.

  English equivalent

  Fools are born, not made.

  Vocabulary

  • głupi — fool, stupid person
  • siać — to sow
  • rodzić się — to be born

  Grammar note

  'Nie sieją' uses the genitive of negation: 'głupich' (genitive plural) instead of nominative. 'Sami się rodzą' — reflexive verb with emphatic 'sami' (by themselves).

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