Russian Proverbs - page 20

You look for the horse you ride on. (Russian Proverb)
Warm a frozen snake and it will be the first to bite you. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Love has its own language, but marriage falls back on the local dialect. View proverb
Russian Proverb
He who is frightened of a sparrow will never sow barley. View proverb
Russian Proverb
You know a bird from the way he flies. View proverb
Russian Proverb
You cannot build a wall with one stone. View proverb
Russian Proverb
There is nothing better than a rich wife and a generous mother-in-law. View proverb
Russian Proverb
It is bread that keeps one warm, not fur. View proverb
Russian Proverb
If men could foresee the future, they would still behave as they do now. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Eat until you are half full; drink until you are half drunk. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Death does not take the old but the ripe. (Russian Proverb)
You have summer and you have winter -- why, then, be in a hurry? View proverb
Russian Proverb
There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Who have not been there - he will be, who have been - will not forget. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A field held in common is always ravaged by bears. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A judge and a stomach do their asking in silence. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A good-looking man is pleasant to look at, but it is easier to live with an amusing one. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A good wife and a wholesome cabbage soup, what more could you want? View proverb
Russian Proverb
A good citizen owes his life to his country. View proverb
Russian Proverb
After the head is off, one does not cry over the hair. (Russian Proverb)
You must chop down the tree that gives too much or too little shade. View proverb
Russian Proverb
The tongue always returns to the sore tooth. View proverb
Russian Proverb
The past is for God, the future for the Tsars. View proverb
Russian Proverb
'Tis a hard winter when one wolf eats another. View proverb
Russian Proverb
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