More Russian Proverbs

Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky.... >>

A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years.... >>

The old bear falls into the old trap.... >>

When we sing everybody hears us, when we sigh nobody hears us.... >>

Some people are masters of money, and some its slaves.... >>

Other Proverbs

A wicked dog must be tied short.... (French) >>

Who eats capon, capon comes to him.... (French) >>

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere... (German) >>

A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicin... (American) >>

Pain is forgotten where gain comes.... (American) >>

After the head is off, one does not cry over the hair.

- Russian Proverb