Revamped from December 30, 2006…
“Fear‘s eyes are large.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Love until you’re in the coffin.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Everything is good in its time.”
– Russian Proverbs
“A Russian harnesses slowly but rides fast.”
– Russian Proverbs
“What’s on one’s mind is on one’s tongue.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Live for a century, learn for a century.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Always live, always learn (and die being a fool.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Measure seven times, cut once.”
– Russian Proverbs
“A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can’t catch it.”
– Russian Proverbs
“God keeps those safe who keep themselves safe.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Visiting is good, but home is better.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Time makes the best healer.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Every vegetable has its time.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Ride slower — get further.”
– Russian Proverbs
“The snail is coming, who knows when it arrives.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Morning is wiser than the evening.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Quality goods advertise themselves.”
– Russian Proverbs
“A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.”
– Russian Proverbs
“When you rush, you make people laugh.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Don‘t go to another monastery with your own rules.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Every joke has a grain of truth.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Visiting as a guest is good but it’s better at home.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Without effort, you won’t even pull a fish out of a pond.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Beauty requires sacrifice.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Don’t dig a hole for someone else or you will fall into it yourself.”
– Russian Proverbs
“The best offense is a good defense.”
– Russian Proverbs
“It’s better to have 100 friends than 100 rubles.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Nothing will happen in your life unless you try something.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Silence gives consent.”
– Russian Proverbs
“An old friend is better than two new friends.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Those who wake up early are served by God.”
– Russian Proverbs
“If you like to sled, you have to like to drag the sled.”
– Russian Proverbs
“Live with wolves, howl like a wolf.”
– Russian Proverbs
WtR