More Russian Proverbs

With seven nurses the child loses it eye.... >>

An icy May fills the granaries.... >>

A lizard on a cushion will still seek leaves.... >>

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

One son is no son, two sons is no son, but three sons is a son.... >>

Other Proverbs

If three dogs chase a rabbit they cannot kill it.... (English) >>

I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better.... (American) >>

Better say nothing, than nothing to the purpose.... (English) >>

A blow from a frying-pan, if it does not hurt, smuts.... (Spanish) >>

Eating sets the head to rights.... (Spanish) >>

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

- Russian Proverb