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If God sends you meal, the devil takes the sack.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about devil, god, contentment

When night falls the face of the wolf lights up.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about night, face

Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about happiness, contentment

One is wiser in the morning than in the evening.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

One cannot make a fur coat from a Thank you.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Tell God the truth, but give money to the judge.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about judges, truth, money, god

The sober man's secret is the drunkard's speech.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about secret, man

Where you saw wood, there the sawdust will fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about fall, contentment

Make peace with people; wage war with your sins.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about salary, sin, war, peace, people

Once burned by milk you will blow on cold water.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about water, contentment

The bear dances but the tamer collects the money.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about money

Don't worry if you borrow, but worry if you lend.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about worry, contentment

Word is not a sparrow: flies out, can't catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about trap, word

Don't praise your furnace when the house is cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about praise, home, house

He makes the bed soft, yet it's hard to sleep on.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about sleep

Messengers should be neither beheaded nor hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Better to stumble than make a slip of the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

It is unpleasant to go alone, even to be drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

For a mad dog, seven versts is not a long detour.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The calmer you go, the further along you will be.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment