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POLISH PROVERB

WHO SLEEPS, DOESN'T SIN.
KTO SPI, NIE GRZESZY.

Submitter comment: THERE IS A LONGER FORM OF THIS SAYING, INDICATING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT. HE WHO DRINKS SLEEPS; HE WHO SLEEPS DOESN'T SIN; HE WHO DOESN'T SIN IS HOLY. THEREFORE, HE WHO DRINKS IS HOLY. KTO PIJE, TEN SPI; KTO SPI, TEN NIE GRZEAZY; KTO NIE GRZESZY, SWIETY JIST. A ZATEM: KTO PIJE, SWIETY JIST.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-27-1967

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