More Russian Proverbs

A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains... >>

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

As long as a child does not cry it does not matter what pleases it.... >>

To run away is not glorious, but very healthy.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

Every dog is valiant in his own kennel.... (French) >>

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hu... (German) >>

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the mili... (French) >>

Too late to grieve when the chance is past.... (French) >>

When the child is christened you will have godfathers enough... (French) >>

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow

- Russian Proverb