Lie, but don’t overdo it.
More Russian Proverbs:
For a drunkard the sea only reaches his knees.Russian
When you live next to the cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone.
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Don't boast when you start out, but when you get there.
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The thief makes perhaps one mistake; those he stole from made a hundred.
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The thief makes perhaps one mistake; those he stole from made a hundred.
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If the child does not cry, the mother knows not its wants.
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