1012 Russian Proverbs / Page 10
181. Beware of a quite dog and still water.
182. Big voyage for a big ship.
183. Both cheap and angry.
184. Bread and salt never quarrel.
185. Bury truth in a golden coffin, it will break it open.
186. Call a pot, just don't put into the oven.
187. Cat died of curiosity.
188. Chickens are counted in autumn.
189. Chipped china lasts two centuries.
190. Choose a matchmaker, not a bride.
191. Clemency is the support of justice.
192. Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son.
193. Close to the Tsar, close to death.
194. Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak.
195. Conversation shortens the distance, singing lightens the load.
196. Cows forget that they were calves.
197. Creditors have better memories than debtors.
198. Crows are black the world over.
199. Cry and the whole world cries with you.
200. Cry not for the hair when the head is off.