Russian Proverb Sayings

Russian Proverbs

Everything is funny as long as it happens to someone else.

The person afraid of bad luck will never know good.

Beauty is the sister of idleness and the mother of luxury. 

We do not care of what we have, but we cry when it is lost.

Success and rest don't sleep together.

A bad rumour flies on wings.

Be wise, but pretend to be ignorant.

One good daughter is worth seven sons.

Better to turn back than to lose your way.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A woman's tongue is longer than her hair.

When money talks, then truth stays silent.

A wise man sees only water in the tears of a woman.

It's better to see once than hear a hundred times.