The noblemen’s quarrels can be read on the backs of the peasants.
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Better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place.Russian
Good fortune wears a pretty dress but its underclothes do not bear investigation.
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If you don't have a hundred rubles, make sure you have a hundred friends.
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No matter how much you feed a wolf, he will always return to the forest.
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What the heart doesn't see, the eye will not see either.
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If God listened to every shepherd's curse, our sheep would all be dead.
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