Proverbs and old sayings Russian about Contentment, page 7

154 proverbs and old sayings russian about contentment

Law is like a shaft of a cart, it points wherever you turn it to.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

If you didn't catch anything when fishing, then a crab is a fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Small children give you headache; big children give you heartache.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

With lies you may go ahead in the world--but you can never go back.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

A good wife and a wholesome cabbage soup, what more could you want?

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

When you are in a pack of hounds, you either bark or wag your tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

You must chop down the tree that gives too much or too little shade.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Why marry, when your neighbor's wife is ready to go to bed with you?

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Do not dig a hole for somebody else; you yourself will fall into it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Don't dig a hole for someone else, as you will fall into it yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

You can best shoot an eagle with an arrow made from its own feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

You would do better to sit on a powder keg than on the knee of a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it over.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

No matter how much you feed a wolf, he will always return to the forest.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

As soon as your cart is turned over, everyone rushes to give you advice.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Once you have fallen into the water, you're not scared of water any more.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

If you don't have a hundred rubles, make sure you have a hundred friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Without stooping down for the mushroom, you cannot put it in your basket.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

With a piece of bread in your hand you'll find paradise under a pine tree.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment