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Quotes by Russian Proverb

“Eternal peace lasts only until the next war”

“Make peace with man and war with your sins.”

“He who sweats more in peace, bleeds less in war”

“God wanted to chastise mankind, so he sent lawyers”

“When money speaks, the truth is silent”

“No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God; and can swim”

“Ask a lot, but take what is offered”

“Give your children too much freedom and lose your own”

“A wooden bed is better than a golden coffin.”

“Peace lasts till the army comes, and the army lasts till peace comes.”

“One man in a field is not a warrior.”

“Having a good wife and rich cabbage soup, seek not other things”

“All ages are submissive to love.”

“The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.”

“When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart”

“If you go to war pray once; if you go on a sea journey pray twice; but pray three times if you are going to be married”

“The slower you go; the farther you will be”

“If everyone gives one thread, the poor person will have a shirt”

“It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour”

“I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent.”