A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
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A hammer will shatter glass yet it can forge steel.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Whether an owl with a stump, or a stump with an owl.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Don't look for a sea when you can drown in a puddle.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment
You cannot pull a fish out of the pond without work.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about work, fishing, contentment
When a needle sees a dagger, she cries O sister!
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
An unsolicited guest is better than a solicited one.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
The peasant sweats and the nobleman is always right.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about peasantry, rightness
If you start chasing two hares, you will catch none.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about trap, contentment
God takes care of the one who takes care of himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about god
You do not need a whip to urge on an obedient horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about need, contentment
God wanted to punish mankind, so he created lawyers.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about god
A word of kindness is better than a bottle of vodka.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about word
God does not give horns to a cow that likes to gore.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about god
If the devil catch a man idle he'll set him at work.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about trap, work, devil, man
The apple doesn't fall far away from the apple-tree.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about fall
If you don't crack the shell, you can't eat the nut.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment
An old man telling lies is like a rich man stealing.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about thieves, wealth, man, old, olderness
It is good to be visiting, but it is better at home.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about home, good, good luck
A handful of dirt is pleasing if it's your own land.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
