More Russian Proverbs
It is easy to undress the naked....
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A field held in common is always ravaged by bears....
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The coat is quite new, only the holes are old....
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Only a fool will make the doctors his heir....
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God wanted to chastise mankind, so he sent lawyers....
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Other Proverbs
You can't get blood out of a turnip....
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Stolen waters are sweet....
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He who is contented is not always rich....
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Every cock is proud on his own dung hill....
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First secure an independent income, then practice virtue...
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In the kingdom of hope there is no winter.
- Russian Proverb