About the book: 2014 / The book of the famous Russian folklorist and ethnographer, professor at Moscow University, recognized expert on Moscow antiquities Ivan Mikhailovich Snegirev (1793–1868) is dedicated to Russian folk proverbs and parables, commandments of truth and righteousness, turned into worldly wisdom. This book was the first scientific collection of pearls of Russian literature. The author cites in the notes parallels in domestic proverbs with foreign sayings from biblical, Greek, Roman and other sources.