More Russian Proverbs
- 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.
- Without effort, you can not even pull a fish out of the pond.
- Without effort, you can’t even pull a fish out of the pond.
- There is no truth in feet.
- Tastes are not argued.
- God keeps those safe who keep themselves safe.
- Wolf feeds on his feet.