A sparrow in the hand is better than a cock on the roof.
More Russian Proverbs:
Eternal peace lasts until the next war.Russian
Every cricket must know its hearth.
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As long as a child does not cry, it does not matter what pleases it.
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The first [cup of vodka] goes as a stake, the second as a falcon, and the third as a little bird.
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If age and experience came at birth, We would have neither youth nor mirth.
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Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village because from it he measures the sea.
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