ProverbPerseverancePolish origin

Nie od razu Kraków zbudowano

Meaning: Great things take time.

Literally: Kraków wasn't built all at once

Example: “Dopiero zaczynasz grać na skrzypcach – nie od razu Kraków zbudowano.” — You've only just started the violin: Rome wasn't built in a day.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and 4 more languages

  • English: Rome wasn't built in a day
  • French: Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour (literally: Rome was not made in a day)
  • Spanish: Roma no se construyó en un día (literally: Rome was not built in a day)
  • Japanese: ローマは一日にして成らず (Rōma wa ichinichi ni shite narazu) (literally: Rome was not built in one day)
  • German: Rom wurde nicht an einem Tag erbaut (literally: Rome was not built in one day)
  • Italian: Roma non fu fatta in un giorno (literally: Rome was not made in a day)
  • Portuguese: Roma e Pavia não se fizeram num dia (literally: Rome and Pavia weren't made in a day)
  • Dutch: Keulen en Aken zijn niet op één dag gebouwd (literally: Cologne and Aachen weren't built in one day)
  • Russian: Москва не сразу строилась (Moskva ne srazu stroilas') (literally: Moscow wasn't built all at once)

Origin: Polish swaps Rome for Kraków, the old royal capital.

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