Any fish is good if it is on the hook.
More Russian Proverbs:
Don't worry if you borrow -- worry if you lend.Russian
So the man, so his shadow.
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Give your children too much freedom and you lose your own.
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The river is flat but the banks are steep.
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Eternal peace lasts only until the next war.
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What comes out of one mouth goes into a hundred others.
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