| A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue. |
| Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are. |
| I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent. |
| Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks. Russian proverb |
| The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. |
| A good merchant has neither money nor goods. |
| A net will catch more than a pole. |
| A priest's belly is made up of several sheepskins. |
| All ages are submissive to love. |
| An argument is fine only when there is to be a fight. |
| As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place. |
| Don't drive a Binya into the woods if he has found his way to your house. |
| Don't raise your stick and the dog won't bark at you. |
| Eat what is cooked, listen to what is said. |
| He can cheat a fish of its skin. |
| He took the devil's mat, but he'll pay back with his skin. |
| His word is as good as a tied knot. |
| If the pocket is empty, the judge is deaf. |
| Loose words are picked up like gold coin. |
| No one knows how the poor man dines. |
| Not everything is a mermaid that dives into the water. |
| Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain. |
| One man in a field is not a warrior. |
| Peace lasts till the army comes, and the army lasts till peace comes. |
| The wise man boasts of his goods and wares; the foolish one of his young wife. |
| Smooth hands love the labor of others. |
| Until you have smoked out the bees, you can't eat the honey. |
| You can't do everything at once. |
| You do not drink soup with a knife. |
| Idleness is the mother of all vices. |
| If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself. |
| Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks. Russian proverb |
| A good merchant has neither money nor goods. |
| A net will catch more than a pole. |
| A priest's belly is made up of several sheepskins. |
| All ages are submissive to love. |
| An argument is fine only when there is to be a fight. |
| As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place. |
| Don't drive a Binya into the woods if he has found his way to your house. |
| Don't raise your stick and the dog won't bark at you. |
| Eat what is cooked, listen to what is said. |
| He can cheat a fish of its skin. |
| He took the devil's mat, but he'll pay back with his skin. |
| His word is as good as a tied knot. |
| If the pocket is empty, the judge is deaf. |
| Loose words are picked up like gold coin. |
| No one knows how the poor man dines. |
| Not everything is a mermaid that dives into the water. |
| Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain. |
| One man in a field is not a warrior. |
| Peace lasts till the army comes, and the army lasts till peace comes. |
| The wise man boasts of his goods and wares; the foolish one of his young wife. |
| Smooth hands love the labor of others. |
| Until you have smoked out the bees, you can't eat the honey. |
| You can't do everything at once. |
| You do not drink soup with a knife. |
