The Sayings and Bywords of the Russian people

''The Sayings and Bywords of the Russian people'''' - is a magnificent book by the outstanding Russian writer and scientist Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (1801 - 1872). For decades has the author been gathering, writing down and classifying according to their topicality the national sayings and bywords, and then he united all them in a book. Here you can find thousands of sayings about the weather, women, religion, personal qualities, children, life and death, love and family, and about many other things.