1012 Russian Proverbs / Page 26
501. Jabber, Emelya — your week.
502. Jesus Christ was crucified by public opinion.
503. Judges and physicians kill with impunity.
504. Keep your ears wider and your mouth narrower.
505. Keep your eye on the ball.
506. Know friend when trouble.
507. Law is a flag and gold is the wind that makes it wave.
508. Law is like a shaft of a cart, it points wherever you turn it to.
509. Laws are silent in time of war.
510. Lenin's science strengthens the mind and the hands.
511. Lenin's truth makes great strides all around the world.
512. Let everyone pick his own nose.
513. Lie, but don't overdo it.
514. Life is short, but there's a lot to be done.
515. Like priest, like church.
516. Like two drops of water.
517. Live and scratch -- when you're dead the itching will stop.
518. Live for a century — learn for a century.
519. Living life is not like crossing a meadow.
520. Living life is not like just crossing a field.