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I have a new favorite hobby. I'm looking up Russian proverbs for writing related reasons, and here are a few gems.

God wanted to punish mankind, so he created lawyers.

A proverb can't be judged.

Let everyone pick his own nose.

Bread is the head of everything.

Jesus Christ was crucified by public opinion.

Lie, but don't overdo it.

One son is no son, two sons is no son, but three sons is a son.

Bad luck is fertile.

If you called yourself a milk-mushroom — get into the basket!

Good fortune wears a pretty dress but its underclothes do not bear investigation.

Vodka is the aunt of wine.

Law is a flag and gold is the wind that makes it wave.

There is no truth in feet.

Honor goes to God; the priests get the bacon.

Why marry, when your neighbor's wife if ready to go to bed with you?

It is good to pay with other people's money.

The woman had no trouble, so she bought a piglet.

There are more, but these are my favorites.

Nothing is more permanent

than a temporary solution.

- Russian Proverb

“With lies you may get ahead in the world – but you can never go back.” Russian proverb

The riches that are in the heart cannot be stolen.

Russian Proverb

Judging others...

Your home is not the place where you know all the trees, but the place where all the trees know you.

Russian proverb.

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