1012 Russian Proverbs / Page 4
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A mile walked with a friend has only one hundred steps.62.
A net will catch more than a pole.63.
A new broom sweeps in a new way.64.
A nightingale doesn't feed on songs.65.
A Party member is an active person.66.
A person never gets tired working for himself.67.
A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.68.
A pig in a parlor is still a pig.69.
A pig will find mud.70.
A priest's beard is always soaked in butter.71.
A priest's belly is made up of several sheepskins.72.
A proverb can't be judged.73.
A ruler without a nation is like a flower without the sun.74.
A sea will not dry up, a nation will not get lost.75.
A silent man is not a conquered man.76.
A sin of gold is followed by a punishment of lead.77.
A single Russian hair outweighs half a Pole.78.
A sleeping fox counts chicken in his dreams.79.
A smart person will not climb a mountain; A smart person will go around it.80.
A soldier on furlough lets his shirt hang out of his trousers.