Beliefs. Proverbs can be universal, reflecting concepts inherent tomany cultures, and culture-specific, that is reflecting ethnolingusitic peculiarities of a specific country.
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| Russian proverb/equivalent
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| § Birds of a Feather Flock Together
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| § It Takes Two to Tango
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| § A Man Is Known by the Company He Keeps
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| § There's No Place like Home
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| § Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth
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| § Two Heads Are Better Than One
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| § Two's Company, but Three's a Crowd
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| § An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
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| § If You Can't Stand the Heat,
Get Outof the Kitchen
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| § Look before You Leap
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| § Make Hay While the Sun Shines
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| § The Way to a Man's Heart Is through His Stomach
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| § When in Rome Do As the Romans Do
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| § All That Glitters Is Not Gold
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| § Curiosity Killed the Cat
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| § Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
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| § Don't Count Your Chickens Before They're Hatched
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| § Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
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| § Don't Put Off for Tomorrow What You Can Do Today
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| § Don't Put the Cart before the Horse
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| § The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions
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| § Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
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| § The First Step Is Always the Hardest
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| § No Pain, No Gain
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| § The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword
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| § Practice Makes Perfect
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| § Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
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| § You're Never Too Old to Learn
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| § Beggars Can't Be Choosers
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| § A Leopard Cannot Change His Spots
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| § Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone
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| § Too Many Chiefs, Not Enough Indians
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| § You Can Lead a Horse to Water,
but You Can't Make Him Drink
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| § You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
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| § You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
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| § The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree
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| § Barking Dogs Seldom Bite
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| § He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best
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| § One Man's Gravy/Meat Is Another
Man's Poison
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| § When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play
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| § Blood Is Thicker Than Water
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| § A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed
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| § Love Is Blind
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| § Actions Speak Louder Than Words
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| § Better Late Than Never
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| § A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush
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| § You Have to Take the Good with the Bad
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| v people of the same type seem to gather together
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| v members of the same family share stronger ties with each other than they do with others
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| v a person is believed to be like the people with whom he or she spends time
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| v a person is happiest with his or her family and friends
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| v when two people work as a team, they are both responsible for the team’s successes and failures
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| v two people working together can solve a problem quicker and better than a person working alone
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| v if you can’t tolerate the pressures of a particular situation, remove yourself from that situation
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| v too many people trying to take care of something can ruin it
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| v eating an apple every day helps a person to stay healthy
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| v couples often enjoy their privacy and dislike having a third person around
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| v take advantage of an opportunity to do something
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| v the way to gain a man’s love is by preparing food that he enjoys
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| v consider all the aspects of a situation before you take any action
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| v it is dangerous to be curious
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| v when travelling, follow the customs of the local people
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| v don’t assume more responsibility than you can handle, don’t be overconfident
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| v don’t complain about something that is given to you
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| v don’t unnecessarily postpone doing something
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| v don’t plan on the successful results of something until those results really occur
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| v good intentions don’t always lead to good actions
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| v when there is evidence of a problem, there probably is a problem
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