One is received according to one's dress and sent off according to one's wit.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Proverbs and old sayings, page 1737
43574 proverbs and old sayings
A drop of water in the eyes of the Tsar costs the country many handkerchiefs.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about country, eyes, water
Take thy thoughts to bed with thee, for the morning is wiser than the evening.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
The wise man boasts of his goods and wares; the foolish one of his young wife.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wife, man
A fool may throw into a well a stone which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about man
After your daughter is married, there comes a number of potential sons-in-law.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about numbers, law
The fathers ate the cranberries and the children are left with the aftertaste.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children
Those who love you will make you weep; those who hate you will make you laugh.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about hate, contentment, love
A glass for the vodka, for the beer a mug, and for the table, cheerful company.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about companies
One may make up a soft bed for somebody, but still it will be hard to sleep in.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about sleep
Don't pluck the apple while it is green; when it is ripe it will fall of itself.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about fall
Your feet are crooked, your hair is good for nothing, said the pig to the horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about nothing, good, good luck
Guard your honor from your youth, and your weapons once you've got them in hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about youth, contentment
When he mounts his horse he forgets God; when he dismounts, he forgets his horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about god
A spoken word is like a sparrow that once has flown away, cannot be caught again.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about word
However much you steal from your state, all the same you won't get your own back.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about state, contentment
It will last out our time; if after us no grass grows, what does it matter to us?
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about time
You needn't be afraid of a barking dog, but you should be afraid of a silent dog.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment
Good fortune wears a pretty dress but its underclothes do not bear investigation.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wealth, good, good luck
If you are going to do something carelessly, it is better to give it up entirely.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment
