Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1884 — Russian Proverbs. [ARTICLE]

Russian Proverbs.

Good friendship is beetter than wealth. Seven men do not wait for one to dine. He who has pie has friends. By honest labor one cannot get rich. He who chews slowly works slowly. The Moscow pies burn like fire. The soul knows its measure. —Live plainly, and you shall live a hundred years. Envious eyes know no shame. An uninvited guest is worse than a Tartar. Even a fly likes to fill its stomach. A house is good not by its 'walls, but by its pies. Don’t take too much, or you will tear your pockets. It is better to live on bread and water than to live with an angry wife. Don’t open your mouth at the sight. of somebody else’s pie. , A hundred friends are better than a hundred roubles. r —" Don’t live as you like, but, &3 God orders. Who does not drink to the bottom does not know what is good. Table cloth off, friendship is gone. A dry spoon scratches the mouth. A full man does net understand a hungry one. There is paradise while there is plenty~of bread. ------—. Every cook has her own ways. The more honor, the more expense. I obey him whose bread I eat. — A glass of wine adds mind. God guards him who takes care of himself. A man beats his wife a day and ories a year. Believe your own eyes rather than rumors. Every body is the smith of his own luck. In a calm pool devils live. Where there is love there is GodAn untried friend is like an uncracked nut. Honey is on his tongue and ice under it. r~

A present is cheap, but lovo is dear. Don’t blame the looking glass if your face is ugly. One can not hide a bradawl in a bag. Velvety, but with a string. There is no family without a deformed member. Your elbow is near, but you cannot bite it. Every fox takes care of its tail. When money speaks the truth keeps silent. v Trust in God, but mind your business. Don’t spit in the well; you may yet drink from it. Truth is straight, but Judges are crooked. Swine’s eyes fear not dirt. You can not take two hides from one ox. Who tries his luck loses his money. Don’t ask a priest for change or a tailor for remnants. An attentive fool is more dangerous than a foe. A horse has four legs, and yet he stumbles sometimes. Where there is a neck there will be a yoke. The apple does not roll far from the apple tree. One never tires working for himself. Fear nobody but God.