"Avoid the goat from before, the horse from behind, and the evil man from all sides." - Russian proverb
Proverbs and sayings they accompany us in our everyday life. The Russian language is rich with them, so let's take a look at some of them that will surely stick in your mind.
You won't hide the poverty in your head with a nice hat.
Arguments are easier to avoid than to end them.
If you go fast, problems will catch up with you, if you go slow, problems will catch up with you.
Marriage is the death of love.
A man is not jealous when he loves, but when he wants to be loved.
A word is not a sparrow: if it flies away, you can't catch it.
The tears of someone else's pain dry up quickly.
Happiness is like heat: whoever wants it, gets it.
Human malice always springs from helplessness.
The secret of man is not that he lives, but why he lives.
Every bird considers itself an eagle in its own castle.
Only tears in the heart know pain, but not tears in the eyes!
Unmarried girls think about marriage, married girls about love.
Some loves are like snow: they soon melt and turn into mud.
The best traveler is the one who knows when to return.
Happiness without intelligence is like a ripped wallet: wherever you find it, you lose it too.
Only a man who leaves behind a child never dies!
If you break your arm or leg, you can live, if you break your soul, you don't survive.
Friendship is like glass: once you break it, you can't put it back together.
Hope is the tightrope on which many fools dance.
Anyone can resist old age, but only those who are destined for it can reach it.
What we ask for in our youth, we discard in our old age.
When money talks, truth is silent.
Poverty is a sin that the rich never forgive.
Your efforts will make you full, but not rich.
Be sure you are right and only then move on.
He who waits impatiently waits a long time.
Fear is the enemy's first assistant.
He who loses his head does not cry for his hair.
