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Proverb from Ukraine

Ukrainian

Хто трудиться, той не журиться.

Khto trudytsia, toi ne zhurytsia.

“Whoever works hard does not grieve.”

Meaning

Hard work keeps sorrow away: someone who keeps busy has no time for gloom.

Source

Borys Hrinchenko, Slovar ukrainskoi movy (Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language), vol. 2 (Berlin reprint, 1924), entry “трудитися”, on Ukrainian Wikisource

Hrinchenko marks the line “Посл.” (proverb) in his entry for the verb трудитися, to work.

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