| English | Russian |
| a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step | дорогу осилит идущий |
| A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step | дорогу осилит идущий (Более распространен вариант с неопр. артиклем "a": A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Alexander Oshis) |
| a single bamboo can't form a row | капля в море незаметна |
| a single bamboo can't form a row | одна ласточка весны не делает |
| a single bamboo can't form a row | одно зерно – не урожай |
| a single thread from everyone -and there's a shirt for a naked one | с миру по нитке – голому рубашка |
| a single thread from everyone -and there's a shirt for a naked one | с миру по нитке – голому рубаха |
| misfortunes never come single | пришла беда – отворяй ворота |
| when sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions | пришла беда, открывай ворота (george serebryakov) |
| when sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions | беда не приходит одна (george serebryakov) |
| when sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions | пришла беда – отворяй ворота |
| when sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions | беда не ходит одна |
| when sorrows come, they not come single spies, but in battalions | пришла беда – отворяй ворота (george serebryakov) |
| when sorrows come, they not come single spies, but in battalions | беда в одиночку не ходит (george serebryakov) |
