To know that candles are expensive is of no value to the blind man.
More Russian Proverbs:
Your body belongs to the Tsar, your soul to God, and your back to the squire.Russian
Long whiskers cannot take the place of brains.
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Love is like a glass that breaks if handled clumsily.
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A hammer will shatter glass yet it can forge steel.
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One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
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When death is there, dying is over.
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