Other people’s money has sharp teeth.
More Russian Proverbs:
What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.Russian
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 the fool has a hunchback no one remarks about it; if a wise man has a boil everybody talks about it.
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Still water undermines the bank.
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Every seed knows its time.
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Everything tastes bitter to him with gall in his mouth.
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