1012 Russian Proverbs / Page 29
561. No apple tree is immune from worms.
562. No family has no ugly member.
563. No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled.
564. No matter how much you feed a wolf, he will always return to the forest.
565. No money is taken for just looking at somebody or something.
566. No one can take two skins from one ox.
567. No one is dragged to heaven by the hair.
568. No one is hanged who has money in his pocket.
569. No one knows how the poor man dines.
570. No year has two summers.
571. Nobody goes to another monastery with one's own charter.
572. Nobody goes to Tula with one's own samovar.
573. Nosy Barbara's nose was torn off at the market.
574. Not all who make love make marriages.
575. Not every glittering thing is gold.
576. Not everyone who has a cowl on is a monk.
577. Not everything is a mermaid that dives into the water.
578. Not for village, not for town.
579. Nothing is worse than waiting or chasing.
580. Old age is not a blessing.