Russian ProverbsDefinitions

Absent-mindedness is searching for the horse you are riding.

A Bachelor is a goose sans water.

Bread is a father ; water is a mother.

Death is a brother to the Russian soldier.

A Friend is like an uncracked nut when they are yet untried.

God is always where we don't look for him.

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

Good luck is an eel in the pond of fools.

Habit is a shirt that we wear till death.

Happiness is a step-mother.