Russian Proverbs - page 24

It was smooth on paper, but we've forgotten about ravines. (Russian Proverb)
It will heal well before your wedding. View proverb
Russian Proverb
It will last out our time; if after us no grass grows, what does it matter to us? View proverb
Russian Proverb
It's the still waters that are inhibited by devils. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Like priest, like church. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Looking at a tree see its fruit; looking at a man see his deeds. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Make a friend of the wolf, but keep your axe ready. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Make peace with man and war with your sins. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Make yourself a sheep and the wolf is ready. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Makes the bed soft, yet hard to sleep. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Meanness looks through one eye only, ambition is blind. (Russian Proverb)
Measure thy cloth ten times, thou canst cut it but once. View proverb
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Men will not be fortunate without a helping hand from misfortune. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Messengers should be neither beheaded nor hanged. View proverb
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Misfortune does not visit the weak-hearted. View proverb
Russian Proverb
My job is to scream, 'cock-a-doodle-doo'; from then on, it may not dawn. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Never kiss an opportunity with a dirty mouth. View proverb
Russian Proverb
No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled. View proverb
Russian Proverb
No matter how much you feed a wolf, he will always return to the forest. View proverb
Russian Proverb
No one can take two skins from one ox. View proverb
Russian Proverb
Nobody goes to another monastery with one's own charter. (Russian Proverb)
One can't break an axe with a whip. View proverb
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One is not a thief unless caught stealing. View proverb
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One is one's own master on one's own stove. View proverb
Russian Proverb
One is wiser in the morning than in the evening. View proverb
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