More Russian Proverbs

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

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

Even a coffin is made to measure.... >>

In the kingdom of hope there is no winter.... >>

Bad luck is fertile.... >>

Other Proverbs

You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome p... (American) >>

He that is thrown would still wrestle.... (French) >>

The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage... (Latin) >>

Dreams go by contraries.... (French) >>

An eel escapes from a good fisherman.... (French) >>

What the rake gathers, the fork scatters.

- Russian Proverb