Messengers should be neither beheaded nor hanged.
More Russian Proverbs:
Keep your ears wider and your mouth narrower.Russian
Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the czar won't see his face.
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My job 'cock-a-doodle-doo'; from then on, it may not dawn.
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For a drunkard the sea only reaches his knees.
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Giving gifts to the rich is like pouring water into the sea.
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A wolf won't eat wolf.
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