1012 Russian Proverbs / Page 5
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A sparrow in the hand is better than a cock on the roof.82.
A spoken word is like a sparrow that once has flown away, cannot be caught again.83.
A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it.84.
A spooked crow is afraid of a bush.85.
A spoonful of tar in a barrel of honey.86.
A stranger's soul is like a dark forest.87.
A tale is soon told; a deed is not soon done.88.
A thief's hat is burning.89.
A thousand friends are few; one enemy is too many.90.
A thread from everyone will make a shirt for the needy.91.
A titmouse in the hand is better than a crane in the sky.92.
A toad too would like to crack nuts, but he has no teeth.93.
A virgin's heart is a dark forest.94.
A wife is not a pot, she will not break so easily.95.
A wife should be as humble as a lamb, busy as a bee, as beautiful as a bird of paradise and faithful as a turtle dove.96.
A wise companion is half the journey.97.
A wise man sees only water in the tears of a woman.98.
A wolf won't eat wolf.99.
A woman farmer had no trouble, so she bought a piglet.100.
A woman's tongue is longer than her hair.