"A proverb is the wit of one and the wisdom of many."

Russian Proverbs - ENJOY THE WISDOM

"When a fool is told a proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him."

Better die standing, than live kneeling.

Little strokes fall great oaks.

No song, no supper.

Nothing venture, nothing have.

The proof of pudding is in the eating.

To know everything is to know nothing.

What can’t be cured, must be endured.

Easier said than done.

As the tree, so the fruit.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

As you cooked the porridge, so must you eat it.

Better late than never.

One who sits between two chairs may easily fall down.

A sparrow in the hand is better than a chicken on the roof.

Once burned by milk you will blow on cold water.

A fly will not get into a closed mouth.

A drop hollows out a stone.

You need a sharp axe for a tough bough.

A wolf won't eat wolf.

Do not cut the bough you are sitting on.

Eggs cannot teach a hen.

An empty barrel makes the greatest sound.

The sun will shine into our yard too.

Do not make an elephant out of a fly.

When we sing everybody hears us; when we sigh, nobody hears us.

Every seed knows its time.

All is well that ends well.

All is not gold that glitters.

It is a bad workman that has a bad saw.

Beware of a quite dog and still water.

Idleness is the mother of all vices.

The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.

The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply as a shepherd.

A kind word is like a spring day.

Wild ducks and tomorrow both come without calling.

No matter how much you feed a wolf he will always return to the forest.

In the kingdom of hope there is no winter.

No one is dragged to heaven by the hair.

Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.

In the steppe even a beetle is meat.

Flies and priests enter every house.

Only fleas are to be caught quickly.

There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.

Eat what is cooked; listen to what is said.

Absentmindedness is searching for the horse you are riding.

All cats are gray at night.

Where something is thin, that's where it tears.