31 quotes found
Oral texts in Russian · Russian
Oral texts in Russian
“Gossip needs no carriage.”
“Every day is a messenger of God.”
“A kind word is like a Spring day.”
“When necessity speaks it demands.”
“Pray to God but keep rowing to shore.”
“Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie.”
“No matter how much you feed a wolf he will always return to the forest.”
“Men show their superiority inside animals outside.”
“Don't buy the house buy the neighborhood.”
“If you were born lucky even your rooster will lay eggs.”
“Believe not your own brother - believe instead your own blind eye.”
“A sleeping fox counts hens in his dreams.”
“There was never a saint with red hair.”
“Clever father clever daughter clever mother clever son.”
“When money speaks the truth is silent.”
“The morning is wiser than the evening.”
“The rich would have to eat money but luckily the poor provide food.”
“If the thunder is not loud the peasant forgets to cross himself.”
“Women can do everything men can do the rest.”
“You cannot write in the chimney with charcoal.”
