Proverbs and old sayings, page 1726

43574 proverbs and old sayings

You get to really know your friend when trouble comes.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about problems, contentment

A cross-eyed Tsar, one-eyed ministers, blind subjects.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about blind

There are no bad ships at all, there are bad captains.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about bad luck, bad

You cannot buy wisdom abroad if there is none at home.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about commerce, wisdom, home, contentment

In the garden of time grows the flower of consolation.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about consolation, garden, time

Unless the thunder strikes, a man won't cross himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about man

A woman farmer had no trouble, so she bought a piglet.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about problems, woman

Not everything is a mermaid that dives into the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about water

What the young one begs for, the grown-up throws away.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Don't be so clever; cleverer ones than you are in jail.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about intelligence, contentment

However would the string wind, the end will be reached.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about end

He who is destined for the gallows will not be drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Do not spit in the well - you may be thirsty by and by.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Don't blame your wife's side if your son is cross-eyed.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wife

Don't boast when you start out, but when you get there.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

An icon for the mind is like raw vodka for the stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about mind

God comes with leaden feet but strikes with iron hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about god

A mile walked with a friend has only one hundred steps.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Masters are fighting, servants' forelocks are creaking.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

If the collective farm is wealthy, the farmer is happy.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about happiness