PROVERBS CONCERNING CZARS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 33, 8 February 1905, Page 3

PROVERBS CONCERNING CZARS.

A diplomatist who has been .at the Bos* slan Court for a long time has some interesting Russian proverbs concerning the Czars. Here are a few: "The Czar himself can get mrfay X he steps m the 1 mod?* 1 "Bros the crown of the Cjjr canhot cure headache." Tbe Czar's cows cannot hare more than two horns." "An active Czar-pats wine upon bin ___-_te_s* feet." - "A Czar who limps can ne*e£fl_e_-__ make some long strides." J j,. v , . ,"A drop' of water in the ere .of Can costs the country a great many haadksr•chiefs." "A Czar in tbe-desert in only a man." "When the Czar is a rirymster poeta aW unhappy." ' ; "When the Ckar makog yon a jj_Ka£ of ah egg he expects of you a hen." "When the Czar wishes to cut some thongs the people should furnish, thetg skins." "Even the hens of the Czarina ca_wt lay goose eggs." . "When the Czar squints the IPnlltMl are one-eyed and the people blind." "The .Czar never hurts his _ finger • bat what everybody carries Iris arm in a sling. n "That which the Czar cannot aeea__-> plish is only accomplished by tine,''' K f "The Czar can disturb the earth, hot he cannot move It from Its axis." "The Czar knows not misery because_wj does not live in a cabin."" "The arm of the Czar Is long., but fc*C— k not reach to the sky." '»• . •*. "The valet of the C_ar behaves he Haul some right to the crown." ■'*•* "The voice of the Czar has- an «ebo overt when there are no mountains." * "The ukases of the Czar are worth nothing if God says not 'Amen.' " "The horse which has once been nwiinrtr ed by tbe Czar neighs continually." \ •