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  What it means

  “Stolen goods don’t fatten you.” Ill-gotten gains bring no real benefit or satisfaction. What is stolen may fill your hands but not your soul.

  English equivalent

  Ill-gotten gains never prosper.

  Vocabulary

  • kradzione — stolen (things)
  • tuczyć — to fatten, to nourish

  Grammar note

  'Kradzione' is a nominalised past passive participle used as a subject. 'Tuczy' is third-person singular present of 'tuczyć'.

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