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  What it means

  People grow wealthy through thrift and work. The everyday variant of the same proverb — hard work and saving are the path to prosperity.

  English equivalent

  Thrift and industry make people rich.

  Vocabulary

  • oszczędność — thrift, frugality, saving
  • praca — work, labour
  • ludzie — people
  • bogacić się — to grow rich, to prosper

  Grammar note

  'Oszczędnością i pracą' are in the instrumental case. 'Ludzie' is the nominative plural subject.

  Cultural context

  The more common everyday form of the proverb, using 'ludzie' (people) instead of 'ludy' (nations/peoples).

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