Russian Proverbs

Russian Proverbs distill folk wit from long winters, Orthodox roots, and life across vast frontiers. They prize endurance, sly humor, and hard-earned justice, echoing eras from tsars to the Soviet years.

Laws are silent in time of war. (Russian Proverb)
A bad peace is better than a good quarrel. View proverb
Russian Proverb
The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A lonely person is at home everywhere. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A thousand friends are few; one enemy is too many. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood. View proverb
Russian Proverb
The less you know, the more soundly you sleep. View proverb
Russian Proverb
It is easier to fill twenty bellies than one pair of eyes. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Not everyone who has a cowl on is a monk. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Friendship is friendship but service is service. View proverb
Russian Proverb
There's no bad without the good. (Russian Proverb)
There are no bad ships at all, there are bad captains. View proverb
Russian Proverb
To every high mountain, there is a higher one. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Envy can breed swans from bad duck eggs. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A soldier who doesn't dream of becoming a general is a bad one. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A pig will find mud. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Ride slower – you'll get further. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Without the shepherd, sheep are not a flock. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Strike while the iron is hot. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Keep your ears wider and your mouth narrower. View proverb
Russian Proverb
The poorer, the more generous. (Russian Proverb)
You can't throw a handkerchief over somebody's mouth. View proverb
Russian Proverb
When death is there, dying is over. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Even honor is not an honor, if there is nothing to eat. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Every sandpiper praises his own swamp. View proverb
Russian Proverb