🗣️ Proverbs of Czechia

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Czechia contributes 1 proverb to this collection. A country’s sayings reveal what its people prize most. See the full profile of Czechia for its geography, languages and history.

Kdo jinému jámu kopá, sám do ní padá.

kdo jinemu jamu kopa, sam do ni pada

“Whoever digs a pit for another falls into it himself”

The schemes you make against others will likely trap you — the same teaching as the biblical 'do not dig a pit'.

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