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  What it means

  Work pays for itself. The act of working is its own reward — the skills, satisfaction, and results it produces are payment enough.

  English equivalent

  Virtue is its own reward.

  Vocabulary

  • sama — itself, alone (feminine form of 'sam')
  • sobie — to itself, for itself (dative reflexive)
  • płacić — to pay

  Grammar note

  'Sama sobie' is a reflexive dative construction: 'itself to itself'. 'Płaci' is third person singular present.

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