Sayings of Russian Origin
A wooden bed is better than a golden coffin.
Russian Proverb – [Death and Dying]


Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son.
Russian Proverb – [Ancestry]


Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.
Russian Proverb – [Property]


Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.
Russian Proverb – [Happiness]


It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
Russian Proverb – [Motivation]


Make peace with man and war with your sins.
Russian Proverb – [Sin]


Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
Russian Proverb – [Prayer]


Shame is worse than death.
Russian Proverb – [Shame]


Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are.
Russian Proverb – [Friends and Friendship]


To keep a new friend, never break with the old.
Russian Proverb – [Friends and Friendship]


What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.
Russian Proverb – [God]


When money speaks the truth is silent.
Russian Proverb – [Money]


When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart.
Russian Proverb – [Judgment and Judges]


With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.
Russian Proverb – [Lies and Lying]


You can't drive straight on a twisting lane.
Russian Proverb – [Guidance]