English
Proverb
business before pleasure
- Discharging one's obligations must take precedence over devoting time to pursuits meant solely for one's own gratification.
Translations
discharging one's obligations should come before one's own gratification
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 先工作後玩樂 / 先工作后玩乐 (xiān gōngzuò hòu wánlè)
- Czech: nejdřív povinnost, potom zábava
- Dutch: zaken gaan voor plezier
- Estonian: enne töö siis lõbu
- Finnish: ensin työ, sitten leikki, ensin työ, sitten huvi
- German: erst die Arbeit, dann das Vergnügen
- Hebrew: עסקים קודמים להנאה, עסקים קודמים לשעשועים, עסקים קודמים לבילויים
- Japanese: 花より団子 (ja) (はなよりだんご, hana-yori dango, literally “dumplings rather than flowers”)
- Korean: 꽃보다 경단 (kkotboda gyeongdan)
- Polish: służba nie drużba (pl)
- Russian: ко́нчил де́ло — гуля́й сме́ло (kónčil délo — guljáj smélo, literally “finished business, play bravely”), де́лу — вре́мя, поте́хе — час (délu — vrémja, potéxe — čas)
- Slovene: najprej delo, potem jelo
- Spanish: primero el deber y después el placer
- Swedish: nytta före nöje, plikten först, nöjet sedan
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