One may make up a soft bed for somebody, but still it will be hard to sleep in.
More Russian Proverbs:
A wife should be as humble as a lamb, busy as a bee, as beautiful as a bird of paradise and faithful as a turtle dove.Russian
A bad dancer always has trouble with his balls.
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Badly oiled wheels will squeak.
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One can't break an axe with a whip.
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Poverty is crafty.
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Close to the Tsar, close to death.
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