1012 Famous Russian Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / Russian Proverbs

231. Do not plant a tree with its root upward.
232. Do not play with fire - you will burn yourself.
233. Do not praise yourself when going of to battle going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle.
234. Do not spit in the well - you may be thirsty by and by.
235. Do not spit into a well�it may be useful to drink water.
236. Do not spit into the well that you might need to drink out of.
237. Do not spit into the well you may have to drink of.
238. Do not teach a learned person.
239. Do not teach a pike to swim, a pike knows his own science.
240. Don't be so clever; cleverer ones than you are in jail.

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