1012 Russian Proverbs / Page 49
961.
Would I know where I'd fall, I'd lay some straw there ahead of time.962.
Yakov's magpie started chattering the same thing about anyone.963.
You can bend an alder-tree, if you do it gradually.964.
You can best shoot an eagle with an arrow made from its own feathers.965.
You can get used to anything -- even hell.966.
You can not write in the chimney with charcoal.967.
You can't do everything at once.968.
You can't drive straight on a twisting lane.969.
You can't have two forenoons in the same day.970.
You can't keep a word of thanks in your pocket.971.
You can't move faster than your shadow.972.
You can't sew buttons on your neighbor's mouth.973.
You can't throw a handkerchief over somebody's mouth.974.
You cannot break a wall with your forehead.975.
You cannot break through a wall with your forehead.976.
You cannot build a wall with one stone.977.
You cannot buy wisdom abroad if there is none at home.978.
You cannot drive straight on a twisting lane.979.
You cannot hang everything on a single peg.980.
You cannot jump higher than your head.