Russian proverbs

A fly cannot enter a closed mouth.

A kind word is like a Spring day.

A word of kindness is better than a fat pie.

Absentmindedness is searching for the horse you are riding.

An egg is dear on Easter day.

Beat your own and others will fear you.

Eat what is cooked; listen to what is said.

Fear has big eyes.

Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear, and man from all sides.

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

If the pocket is empty, the judge is deaf.

Let everyone pick his own nose.

Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.

Small children give you headache; big children heartache.

Tell God the truth, but give the judge money.

There's no harm in wine; it's drunkenness that is at fault.

You cannot ride two horses with one ass.

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.