Push Not the River

What is past, one cannot change, so each backward glance is a bit of the present slipping away.

If there is no wind, you must learn to row. —Polish Proverb

Push not the river; it will flow on its own accord. —Polish Proverb

Life is like the moon— now dark, now full. —Polish Proverb

No man knows courage,” his father had told him, “who has not known fear.

Few Polish citizens left on the Praga side of the River Vistula were allowed to live. The burning of the bridge was fortuitous, however, for the Russians were held at bay, allowing the night to cool their red rage. In the morning, the English ambassador to Poland and the Papal Nuncio crossed the river and secured from Suvorov assurance that the capital would be taken peacefully.

There are three things that are difficult to keep hidden: a fire, a cold, and love. —Polish Proverb

There's no key to the woods and fields.

Wherever you go, you can never leave yourself behind. —Polish Proverb

Follow your heart. Indulge your whims. They are usually correct. And when they are not, do not allow the world to judge you overly much.

A child, she reasoned, does not pick its parents nor the circumstances of its birth. A

The roots of learning are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. —Polish Proverb