God gives to those who wake up early.

More Russian Proverbs

• Measure seven times, cut once.
• The first pancake is always lumpy.
• For a big ship, a big voyage.
• A spoken word is not a sparrow.
• Do not have hundred rubles, rather have hundred friends.
• Paper will endure anything.
• Work is not a wolf – it won’t run away to the forest.
• If you have physical power, you do not need intelligence.
• Paper has no soul – you can put anything on it.
• Don’t go to another monastery with your own rules.
• One thread of the world – shirt for a naked.
• Visiting is good, but home is better.
• An old friend is better than two new friends.
• You cannot throw a word out of a song.
• Live for a century – learn for a century.
• Don’t blame a mirror for your ugly face.
• The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
• Big in body, but small in deeds.
• It is better to see once than to hear hundred times.
• It is easier for the mare when a woman is off the cart.
• The bird is known by its flight.
• Everything that glitters isn’t gold.
• Trouble never comes alone.
• The eye can see it, but the tooth can’t bite it.
• Ride slower – you will get further.
• Without a cat, mice feel free.
• Wine causes guilt.