RUSSIAN PROVERBS

Every sandpiper praises his own swamp.

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A silent man is not a conquered man.

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A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it.

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A drop hollows out a stone.

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Ask a lot, but take what is offered.

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Do not make an elephant out of a fly.

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When we sing everybody hears us; when we sigh, nobody hears us.

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The sun will shine into our yard too.

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After a storm fair weather, after sorrow joy.

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All are not cooks that walk with long knives.

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All cats are grey at night.

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Every seed knows its time.

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The one who draws the cart is urged on.

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All is well that ends well.

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All is not gold that glitters.

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The appetite comes during a meal.

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As you cooked the porridge, so must you eat it.

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As you make your bed, so you will sleep.

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It is a bad workman that has a bad saw.

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Better late than never.

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Better to stumble than make a slip of the tongue.

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Beware of a quite dog and still water.

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A bird may be known by its flight.

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One fisherman sees another from afar.

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Take the bull by the horns.

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Idleness is the mother of all vices.

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A fly will not come into a closed mouth.

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There will be trouble if the cobbler starts making pies.

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A drop hollows out a stone.

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A wolf won't eat wolf.

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You do not need a whip to urge on an obedient horse.

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Do not look at gift hourse's mouth.

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A man should not be struck when he is down.

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You do not swap horses while crossing the ford.

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A drowing man clutches at straw.

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It is good to be visiting, but it is better at home.

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The end is the crown of any work.

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The tongue speaks, but the head doesn't know.

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There is no evil without good.

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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also.

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He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne.

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The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.

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One who sits between two chairs may easily fall down.

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To ask is no sin and to be refused is no calamity.

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A man without a wife is like a man in winter without a fur hat.

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The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply as a shepherd.

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He need not search his pockets for words.

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The offender never forgives.

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A kind word is like a spring day.

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An enemy will agree, but a friend wil argue.

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Devils live in quiet pond.

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Wild ducks and tomorrow both come without calling.

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The old bear falls into the old trap.

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No matter how much you feed a wolf he will always return to the forest.

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A lizard on a cushion will still seek leaves.

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It is easy to undress the naked.

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In the kingdom of hope there is no winter.

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No one is dragged to heaven by the hair.

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Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.

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