Russian Proverbs - page 20

Warm a frozen snake and it will be the first to bite you. (Russian Proverb)
Love has its own language, but marriage falls back on the local dialect. View proverb
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He who is frightened of a sparrow will never sow barley. View proverb
Russian Proverb
You know a bird from the way he flies. View proverb
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You cannot build a wall with one stone. View proverb
Russian Proverb
There is nothing better than a rich wife and a generous mother-in-law. View proverb
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It is bread that keeps one warm, not fur. View proverb
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If men could foresee the future, they would still behave as they do now. View proverb
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Eat until you are half full; drink until you are half drunk. View proverb
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Death does not take the old but the ripe. View proverb
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You have summer and you have winter -- why, then, be in a hurry? (Russian Proverb)
There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. View proverb
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Who have not been there - he will be, who have been - will not forget. View proverb
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A field held in common is always ravaged by bears. View proverb
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A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years. View proverb
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A judge and a stomach do their asking in silence. View proverb
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A good-looking man is pleasant to look at, but it is easier to live with an amusing one. View proverb
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A good wife and a wholesome cabbage soup, what more could you want? View proverb
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A good citizen owes his life to his country. View proverb
Russian Proverb
After the head is off, one does not cry over the hair. View proverb
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You must chop down the tree that gives too much or too little shade. (Russian Proverb)
The tongue always returns to the sore tooth. View proverb
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The past is for God, the future for the Tsars. View proverb
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'Tis a hard winter when one wolf eats another. View proverb
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A cat always knows whose meat it eats. View proverb
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