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  What it means

  As you treat others, so they will treat you. A concise statement of reciprocity and the golden rule.

  English equivalent

  Do as you would be done by. / What goes around comes around.

  Vocabulary

  • komu — to whom (dative)
  • tobie — to you (dative)

  Grammar note

  Both 'komu' and 'tobie' are dative case. The verb is omitted — the proverb is entirely elliptical.

  Cultural context

  A universal principle of reciprocity expressed with characteristic Polish brevity.

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