| English | Russian |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | всем угоден не будешь (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на всех не угодишь (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на всякий нрав не угодишь (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на всякое чиханье не наздравствуешься (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на каждый чих не наздравствуешься (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на весь мир мягко не постелешь (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на весь мир не угодишь (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | под всякую песню не подпляшешь, под всякие нравы не подладишь (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на весь мир не будешь мил (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на всех угодить – себя истомить (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на каждое чиханье не наздравствуешься (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на всякий чих не наздравствуешься (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | на всех угодить себя истомить (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | и красное солнышко на всех не угождает (igisheva) |
| hе that would please all and himself too, takes more in hand than he is like to do | всем не угодишь (igisheva) |
| our duty is small -- to eat, to sleep and that's all | наше дело телячье – поел да в закут (used by or about a person who prefers to obey any orders because nothing depends on him: he is not a decision-maker to change anything) |
| our duty is small -- to eat, to sleep and that's all | наше дело телячье (used by or about a person who prefers to obey any orders because nothing depends on him: he is not a decision-maker to change anything) |
| there are four things that the earth itself cannot tolerate: a slave who becomes a king, a fool who has all he wants to eat, a hateful woman who gets married, and a servant girl who takes the place of her mistress | четырёх человек не может носить земля: раба, ставшего царём, сытого глупца, гулящую женщину, когда она выходит замуж, и служанку, когда она занимает место своей госпожи |
