More Russian Proverbs

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

Devils live in quiet pond.... >>

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

A field held in common is always ravaged by bears.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

May the man be damned and never grow fat, Who wears two face... (Spanish) >>

He who tells his own secret will hardly keep another's.... (Spanish) >>

Who is to carry the cat to the water?... (Spanish) >>

Handsomely asked, handsomely refused.... (French) >>

Let him who feels he has a dirty nose wipe it.... (French) >>

No one is dragged to heaven by the hair.

- Russian Proverb