ProverbPedia

Russian Proverb:
He who throws even a splinter to cover a widow's house will be protected by God.

Russian Proverb:
The Tsar is not fire, but approaching him you will be singed.

Russian Proverb:
To defend yourself against a thief, a stick; to defend yourself against a Tchinovnik (official), a rouble.

Russian Proverb:
A crab is not a fish among fishes, a bat is not a bird among birds, a henpecked husband is not a man among men.

Russian Proverb:
The wife, without beating the husband, rules him by her temper.

Russian Proverb:
Dogs bark and the wind carries it away.

Russian Proverb:
When the priest visits you, do not be over-joyed, he will soon begin to beg.

Russian Proverb:
Let there only be mud, and the devil will not fail.

Russian Proverb:
Where you saw wood, the sawdust will fall.

Russian Proverb:
Fools never grow grey.

Russian Proverb:
He who is destined for the gallows will not be drowned.

Russian Proverb:
For rotten goods, a blind buyer.