More Russian Proverbs

The coat is quite new, only the holes are old.... >>

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

Golden hands, but a wicked mouth.... >>

An indispensable thing never has much value.... >>

No one is dragged to heaven by the hair.... >>

Other Proverbs

He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay... (Spanish) >>

Foul linen should be washed at home.... (French) >>

A girl with cotton stockings never sees a mouse.... (American) >>

A drowning man will catch at a straw.... (French) >>

He who waits for another man's trencher often dines in imagi... (French) >>

Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies

- Russian Proverb