Proverbs and old sayings Russian about Contentment, page 8

154 proverbs and old sayings russian about contentment

If you have eaten the morsel on Wednesday, do not look for it on Thursday.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Those who love you will make you weep; those who hate you will make you laugh.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Guard your honor from your youth, and your weapons once you've got them in hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

However much you steal from your state, all the same you won't get your own back.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

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

If you are going to do something carelessly, it is better to give it up entirely.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Take care of clothes since they are new, take care of your honor since you are young.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

If you throw nettles into your neighbors garden you will find them growing in your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

When you meet a man judge him by his clothes, when you leave a man judge him by his heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Plan your life as though you were going to live forever, but live today as if you were going to die tomorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

If you do not strike back at him who hits you, there is no way for him to find out whether you also have hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

If you go to war pray once; if you go on a sea journey pray twice; but pray three times when you are going to be married.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment