Russian Proverb

Russian Proverb
throws youth
What the young one begs for, the grown-up throws away
grain proverb truth
There is no proverb without a grain of truth
ask offered
Ask a lot, but take what is offered
catch net proverbs
A net will catch more than a pole.
cold far good news proverbs thirsty waters
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place.
burden light shoulder
The burden is light on the shoulder of another
break easily wife
A wife is not a pot, she will not break so easily
god lawyers sent
God wanted to chastise mankind, so he sent lawyers
children freedom lose
Give your children too much freedom and lose your own
cabbage good rich seek wife
Having a good wife and rich cabbage soup, seek not other things
ask four god men pray
What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four
brains cannot
Long whiskers cannot take the place of brains
children heartache small
Small children give you headache; big children heartache
hands hits strike whether
If you do not strike back at him who hits you, there is no way for him to find out whether you also have hands