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Under a Saxon king,
Loosen your belt to eat and drink!
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— Polish saying
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Za króla Sasa
Jedz, pij i popuszczaj pasa!
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Original text:
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Za króla Sasa
Jedz, pij i popuszczaj pasa!
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| I too am a king of the Poles; I lost my kingdom twice, but Providence gave me another state, in which I have been able to do more good than all the Sarmatian kings ever managed to do on the banks of the Vistula.
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| — Voltaire: Candide, or Optimism, trans. Robert M. Adams, ed. Nicholas Cronk, W.W. Norton & Company, 2016
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