What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.
More Russian Proverbs:
Death is a giant against whom even the Tsars must draw weapons.Russian
Death does not take the old but the ripe.
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Everything tastes bitter to him with gall in his mouth.
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The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply as a shepherd.
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Fighting for your country glorifies death.
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Wisdom is born; stupidity is learned.
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