Russian proverbs

When you meet a man judge him by his clothes, when you leave a man judge him by his heart.

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

The first [cup of vodka] goes as a stake, the second as a falcon, and the third as a little bird.

Do not praise yourself when going of to battle going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle.

If the fool has a hunchback no one remarks about it; if a wise man has a boil everybody talks about it.

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

There was a time they loved an accordionist, and now the time has come where they love a tractor driver.

Plan your life as though you were going to live forever, but live today as if you were going to die tomorrow.

If you do not strike back at him who hits you, there is no way for him to find out whether you also have hands.

The sat one doesn't understand the hungry one: for one the soup is too thin, for the other - the pearls are too small.

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