Offensive content Filter is ON
A POLISH PROVERB
VIOLENCE FOR VIOLENCE
Submitter comment:
POLISH: GIVALT NA GWOLT
THIS SAYING IMPLIES THAT FORCEFUL ACTIONS
BRING ON SIMILAR RESULTS.
MY FATHER BELIEVES THIS IS AN OLD PROVERB AS HE
REMEMBERS A POLISH AUTHOR USING IT SPECIFICALLY IN
ONE OF HIS WRITINGS IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-12-1967