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  What it means

  “He who serves God, luck flows to him.” A pious life is rewarded with good fortune. Faith and virtue attract divine favour.

  Vocabulary

  • służyć — to serve
  • szczęście — happiness, luck, fortune
  • płużyć — to flow towards, to favour (archaic)

  Grammar note

  'Kto … temu' is a correlative construction: 'whoever … to that person'. 'Temu' is dative of 'ten'.

  Cultural context

  An archaic verb 'płużyć' (to favour, to flow) gives this proverb a distinctly old-fashioned flavour. Reflects deep Catholic piety in Polish folk tradition.

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