Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Ancestors, Cleverness, Ancestry
Spending is quick, earning is slow.
—Russian Proverb
You don’t get a headache from what other people have drunk.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Drunkenness
No matter how much you feed a wolf, he will always return to the forest.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Acceptance
If the family is together, the soul is in the right place.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Togetherness
An old man telling lies is like a rich man stealing.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Lies
A bad dancer always has trouble with his balls.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Dance
God wanted to chastise mankind, so he sent lawyers
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Lawyers
Small gifts go to places where men expect bigger ones.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Gifts
Even an eagle will not fly higher than the sun.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Flying
He lies like an eyewitness.
—Russian Proverb
The boss is always right.
—Russian Proverb
In a fight the rich man tries to save his face, the poor man his Coat.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Fighting
Expensive medicines are always good: if not for the patient, at least for the druggist
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Medicine
There’s no harm in wine; it’s drunkenness that is at fault.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Drunkenness
Forgiveness is a pillar of justice.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Forgiveness
Success and rest don’t sleep together.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Togetherness, Sleeping
What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: God, Prayer
For a drunkard the sea only reaches his knees.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Drunkenness
Jesus Christ was crucified by public opinion.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Public opinion
Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Prayer
A girls heart is like a dark wood
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Heart, Proverbs
Law is a flag and gold is the wind that makes it move.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Law
Not all who make love make marriages.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Marriage
Lie, but don’t overdo it.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Lies
The newborn baby yells; you die in silence.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Babies, Silence
Regretting the past is like chasing after the wind.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Past, Regret
A bad peace is better than a good war.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Peace
Smooth hands love the labor of others.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Labor
Hurry is only good for catching flies.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Haste
It is easier to fill twenty bellies than one pair of eyes.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Eternal peace lasts until the next war.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Peace
He should be the owner of the land who rubs it between his hands every spring.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Business
When night falls the face of the wolf lights up.
—Russian Proverb
Fear has big eyes.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Trust, but verify.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Trust
There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.
—Russian Proverb
Envy sees the sea but not the rocks.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Jealousy
When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Judgement, Judges, Judging, Judgment, Proverbs, Men
Love has its own language, but marriage falls back on the local dialect.
—Russian Proverb
Topics: Language