1000 русских пословиц и поговорок

The monumental work of Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl "Proverbs of the Russian People" changed the very attitude of the educated public towards folk wisdom, which, according to the great scholar's design, is not intended to serve as decoration for oratory or illustration of thought, but should speak for itself. Vladimir Dahl revealed the true meaning of proverbs, sayings, and expressions: they help in everyday life, convey the deep ethics of the Russian people of all classes, and their cunning and sly logic is akin to the logic of events in a fairy tale.