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| Russian Proverb
'Tis a hard winter when one wolf eats another.A cat always knows whose meat it eats.A drop hollows out a stone.A fly cannot enter a closed mouth.A good citizen owes his life to his country.A guest has not to thank the host, but the host the guest.A kind word is like a spring day. A kind word is like a Spring day.A lonely person is at home everywhere.A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words.A mile walk with a friend has only one hundred steps.A net will catch more than a pole.A priest's belly is made up of several sheepskins.A proverb can't be judged.A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it. A wife is not a pot, she will not break so easily.A word of kindness is better than a fat pie.Absentmindedness is searching for the horse you are riding.Abuse doesn't hang on the collar.Acknowledgement is half of correction.All ages are submissive to love.All are not cooks who walk with long knives.All lay loads on a willing horse.An egg is dear on Easter day.An egg is dear on Easter day. An egg is dear on Easter day. An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.An indispensable thing never has much value.Any sandpiper is great in his own swamp.Ask a lot, but take what is offered.Beat your own and others will fear you.Better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place.Chickens are counted in autumn.Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak.Cry and the whole world cries with you.Curious Varvara's nose was torn off.Cut down the tree that you are able to.Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the czar won't see his face.Do not make an elephant out of a fly.Don't put it in my ear, but in my hand.Eat what is cooked; listen to what is said.Eggs cannot teach a hen.Eternal peace lasts only until the next war.Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village because from it he measures the sea.Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village because from it he measures the sea.Every road has two directions.Every sandpiper praises his own swamp.Every seed knows its time.Fear has big eyes.Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear, and man from all sides.Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear, and the main from all sides. For him who does not believe in signs, there is no way to live in the world.Give your children too much freedom and you lose your own.Glory lies still; abuse is running.God does not give to the cow that butts.God wanted to chastise mankind, so he sent lawyers.Gossip needs no carriage.Gossip needs no carriage.Happiness is not a horse; you cannot harness it.Having a good wife and rich cabbage soup, seek not other things.Having given your word, be strong; not having done it, try not to promise.He can cheat a fish of its skin.He need not search his pockets for words.He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne.Hypocrites kick with their hind feet while licking with their tongues.I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent.If everyone gives one thread, the poor man will have a shirt.If the child does not cry, the mother knows not its wants.If the pocket is empty, the judge is deaf.If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself.If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also.If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.
[Russian, Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poimaesh'.]If you do not strike back at him who hits you, there is no way for him to find out whether you also have hands.If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs.If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs.In a quarrel, leave room for reconciliation.Keep your ears wider and your mouth narrower.Law is a flag and gold is the wind that makes it wave.Let everyone pick his own nose.Long whiskers cannot take the place of brains.Looking at a tree see its fruit; looking at a man see his deeds.Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.Mock not the fallen, for slippery is the road ahead of you.Old age is not a blessing.Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain.Peace lasts until the army comes, and the army lasts until peace comes.Pray to God but continue to row to shore. Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.Praying kneads no dough.Small children give you headache; big children heartache.Smooth hands love the labor of others.Spending is quick, earning is slow.Still water undermines the bank.Success and rest don't sleep together. Success and rest don't sleep together.Take the bull by the horns.Take thy thoughts to bed with thee, for the morning is wiser than the evening.Tell God the truth, but give the judge money.The belly is ungrateful--it always forgets we already gave it something. The calmer you go, the further along you will be.The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living.The first [cup of vodka] goes as a stake, the second as a falcon, and the third as a little bird.The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.The morning is wiser than the evening.The offender never forgives.The peasant will not cross himself before it begins to thunder.The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. There may be deep bottoms in still waters.There will be trouble if the cobbler starts making pies.There's no harm in wine; it's drunkenness that is at fault.To run away is not glorious, but very healthy.Translation is like a mistress: beautiful and unfaithful, or faithful
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-Trust in God but lock your doors.Water does not run under a lying stone.When money speaks the truth is silent.When money speaks, the truth keeps silent.With lies you may go ahead in the world--but you can never go back.You cannot break through a wall with your forehead.You cannot pull a fish out of the pond without work.You cannot ride two horses with one ass.You cannot write in the chimney with charcoal.You do not need a whip to urge on an obedient horse. |
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