Better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
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If you didn't catch anything when fishing, then a crab is a fish.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about fishing, trap, contentment
The horses of hope gallop, but the asses of experience go slowly.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about experience, hope
However muchwould the string wind, the end will be reached anyway.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about end
Hold your children with your heart but teach them with your hands.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, heart
A dog on the hay: will neither eat it himself, nor let others eat.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
When masters are fighting, their servants' forelocks are creaking.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
The belly is like a judge that is silent yet still asks questions.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about judges
They come into the courtroom in a suit and leave with no trousers.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Give a naked man a piece of cloth and he will say it is too thick.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about man
Small children give you headache; big children give you heartache.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, contentment
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about soul, good, good luck
With lies you may go ahead in the world--but you can never go back.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about world, contentment
A good wife and a wholesome cabbage soup, what more could you want?
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wife, good, good luck, contentment
Death is not found behind mountains but right behind our shoulders.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about rightness, death
If your heart is a rose, then your mouth will speak perfumed words.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about word, heart
To know that candles are expensive is of no value to the blind man.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about value, blind, man
The horse loves oats; the earth, manure; and the governor, tribute.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about earth
Some people are masters of money, and some people are slaves of it.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about people, money
Those who are discontent to remain in one place will not earn much.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
