Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
RUSSIAN PROVERBS.


The London Quarterly Review for JOcto-
ber has an exceedingly interesting paper on
Russian PrOberbs, from which we make the
following selection of the proverbial sayings
of the little known people of that vast en-
pire: ...e.. t,.
Fear God, honor the Gar.
To marry in May is to suffer alway.
On death, as on the sun, you cannot gaze
with all your eyes. .10sfe
The more dirt, the less injury.
. A mere statement is not proverb. =.
.3 To stir the fire with another's hands Is no
hardship. -. .s.. .....
The moon shines, but does not warm.
The heart has ears.
Home is full cup.
Calumny is Ike coal; IL 1t does not burn,
1t will soil
Sorrow kills not, but It blights. Sal
Rust eats away iron, and care the heart.
Sorrow comes often, but death only once.
The poor man has sheep skin coat, but a
human heart.
Behind the orphan, God himself bears the
purse. .a t., 1Hl r,.5 e..
Poverty is not siu--but twice as bad.
Seven nurses cost the child an eye.
He bushes like a crab,
Set out crust for the wanderers.
The sun gets up without consulting the
Squire's clock.
Long are woman's locks, but short are q
woman's wits. ao-5- "'
Awoman's preparation, a goose's lifetime.
A dog is wiser than o woman; 1t does not
bark OF It's master
Let woman into Paradise, she'll be for
bringing her COW with her.. f4 te.
The sun works by day and rests by night.
In wintry cold no one feels old
- On the stove IS always summertide fair.
No man ever died of fasting
BY wedge may wedge be driven out
Black may be toll, but white Is Its price.
Prayer on the lips and labor on the hands.
Prepare to die, but till the soil. e.
Mother Rye feeds all fools alike but
Wheat picks and chooses.
In still pool swarm devils.
No taper for God, no stick for the devil.
The devil Is poor he has no God.
God waits long, but hits hard.
Trust in God. but look to yourself.
Pray to God, but row ashore.
Be silent when God has struck.
God straightens the crooked arrow.
Luck gives to the foolish, God to the wise.
A beard is honorable. but even cat has
beard. .. .t. -. .-t. ..,, ....
The devil is old, yet he has no birthday
Ar old crow croaks not for nothing.
Not long hurt the bumps from loved
ones thumps. .-t.. ..t
A wife is not a guitar; when your playing
Ing is done, you cannot hang her up on the
wall. s".
Why 50 blithe I'm going to be mnrricd.
Why hang your head !? I've got married.
A good wife and rich cabbage soup.
The master is the head of the house, the
mistress its soul.
A parents blessing can neither be drowned
in water nor consumed in fire.
Hold your own til you give your word,
but having given yonr word, keep IT,
Honor is better than wealth, and honor's
loss is q great woe
A visible girl is Of copper, but an invisible
one of silver.
From the parental land-die, but go not
forth. b. ,. .... .. arm -r.s
Fear or no fear, fate connot be avoided.
He who sweats afield and prays to God at
home will never starve. E# hs-
From him who remembers old times,
knock out an eye. -...s -, 4g4. -, si
Remember friendship, but forget evil.
A bad peace Is better than good quarrel.
Where simplicity 10 there are hundred
angels, but where duplicity 10, not one.
Whosoever Is content with little, him will
not God forget.
On him who rises early God bestows gifts.
He who neglects copccks will never be
worth o rouble. t,g III
A word OF kindness is better than fat pie.
A word Is not bird; II it flies out you'll
never catch it again. % 5tiE i-@ ,st.s
Fear not the threats of the rich, but the
tears Of the poor. 40
In the other world usurers have to count
red.hot coins with bare hands. l af3ir
Ones head does not ache from another's
drunkenness. s,,.
It is bad for the sheep when the wolff .
Voevode, (keeper) @
Fear not the law, but the judge. z e
A custom is not cage; you cannot remove
1t. ,..,--....., -. ......,
What are laws to me, II Iknow4he judgess
To eat honeycomb In peace one must stifie
the bees. a7se ys&a - se
Where there is an oath, there is also q
crime.
When dogs of the same house differ, let
not an outside dog interfere. a3l,tt ygs4i
The ears do mot grow higher than the fore
head.
At q wedding all are Boyars.
Custom Is older than law. 3
The stronger Ia the most In the right a
Who goes bail, he will suffer. -s,a.a
A cutoff slice does not belong TO the loaf.
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