More Russian Proverbs

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred day... >>

They bow to you when borrowing, you bow to them when collecting.... >>

If you put your nose into water, you will also wet your cheeks.... >>

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

He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good.... >>

Other Proverbs

May chickens come cheeping.... (French) >>

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for ... (English) >>

Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged.... (Spanish) >>

No pear falls into a shut mouth.... (Italian) >>

Clay and lime conceal much evil.... (Spanish) >>

Every day learns from the one that went before, but no day teaches the one that follows.

- Russian Proverb