Category: Russian Sayings

#RussianProverb: Live for a Century – Learn for a Century

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Ivan Bilibin – Illustration (1933) to The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish by Alexander Pushkin

Век живи – век учись! (vek zhivi – vek uchis’)

Lit.: live for a century – learn for a century.

English equivalent: you live and learn.

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Russo-Balt car that participated in the St Petersburg – Rome – St Petersburg motor rally (1910).

#RussianProverb: He Who Drives Forth, Draws Luck

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Russo-Balt car that participated in the St Petersburg – Rome – St Petersburg motor rally (1910).
Russo-Balt car that participated in the St. Petersburg – Berlin – St. Gotthard – Rome – Naples –Berlin – St. Petersburg motor rally (1910).

Везёт тому, кто везёт*! (vezyót tomú, kto vezyót).

Lit.: he who drives forth, draws luck.

English equivalent: God helps those who help themselves.

Meaning: people who want to be successful in life should work hard and not give up.

Russo-Balt car that participated in the St. Petersburg – Sevastopol motor rally (1911).
Russo-Balt car that participated in the St. Petersburg – Sevastopol motor rally (1911).

*The Russian verb везти means to drive / carry and also to have luck / do well.

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Valentin Korzhov - Darwin vs Darwin, Scene №2.

#RussianProverb: If You Do Something in a Hurry, People Will Laugh at You

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Valentin Korzhov - Darwin vs Darwin, Scene №2.
Valentin Korzhov – Darwin vs Darwin, Scene №2.

Поспешишь — людей насмешишь (pospeshísh’ – lyudéy nasmeshísh’).

Lit.: if you do something in a hurry, people will laugh at you.

English equivalents: fools rush in; haste makes waste.

#RussianSaying: Lie, but Don’t Overdo It!

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Vasya Lozhkin - Svin-TV (literally: Pig-TV). Caption says: Coming up in the programme today: invisible rays, voices from space, electrohypnotists and other miracles.
Vasya Lozhkin – Svin-TV (literally: Pig-TV). Caption says: Coming up in the programme today: invisible rays, voices from space, electrohypnotists and other miracles.

Ври, да не завирайся

(vri, da ne zaviráisya).

Lie, but don’t overdo it.

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#RussianSaying: Feel at Home, but Don’t Forget You Are a Guest

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Nicholas Roerich - Guests from Overseas, 1901.
Nicholas Roerich – Guests from Overseas, 1901. Oil on canvas, State Tretyakov Gallery.

Будьте как дома, но не забывайте, что в гостях

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