Death is a giant against whom even the Tsars must draw weapons.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about death
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One son is no son, two sons is no son, but three sons is a son.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
For a drunken one a sea is knee-deep, and a puddle - ears-deep.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
The wolf is not afraid of the sheepdog, but he is of his chain.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
If the child does not cry, the mother won't know what it wants.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, mother
When we sing everybody hears us; when we sigh, nobody hears us.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Small faults indulged in are little thieves that let in greater.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about thieves
However much, good you feed the wolf, he still looks at the wood.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about good, good luck, contentment
Having a good wife and rich cabbage soup, seek not other things.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wife, wealth, things, good, good luck
Looking at a tree see its fruit; looking at a man see his deeds.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about deeds, man
They bow to you when borrowing, you bow to them when collecting.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment
You have summer and you have winter -- why, then, be in a hurry?
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment
We use to live and spill tears, now we live and build happiness.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about tears, happiness, use
Who falls in the water will hold on to the foam to save himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about water
Law is like a shaft of a cart, it points wherever you turn it to.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about law, contentment
As long as the fish swims in the water, don't light up the grill.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about light, fishing, water
The first snow does not mean winter, nor the first love marriage.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about marriage, love
It is easier to bear a child once a year than to shave every day.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, day
The noblemen's quarrels can be read on the backs of the peasants.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Men will not be fortunate without a helping hand from misfortune.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about man
