Famous Proverbs
1019 Proverbs about Russia / Page 42
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The river is flat but the banks are steep.412.
The river's reputation ends where the sea begins.413.
The shovel insults the poker.414.
The sober man's secret is the drunkard's speech.415.
The stargazer's toe is often stubbed.416.
The sythe ran into a stone.417.
The tears of strangers are only water.418.
The thief has a chicken's heart -- he sleeps in fear.419.
The thief makes perhaps one mistake; those he stole from made a hundred.420.
The Tsar has three hands but only one ear.