Что посеешь, то и пожнёшь
With accent marks:
Что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь.
Translation:
What you will sow, that you will reap.
Meaning:
This Russian proverb that has equivalents in many other languages reminds us that good or evil done by someone returns after time. We need to treat people as we want them to treat ourselves.
The closest English equivalent is "What goes around comes around".
Other Russian proverbs
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В чужой монастырь со своим уставом не ходят
Don't bring your set of rules in a foreign monastery
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The beauty of a debt is its payment
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They do not seek good from good.
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Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать
Better to see once than hear a hundred times.
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Жизнь прожить – не поле перейти
To live a life is not the same (not as easy) as to go through a field.
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Что имеем – не храним, а потерявши – плачем
We don't appreciate what we have but we cry when we lose it.
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In a quiet whirlpool, demons live.
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Don’t wave your fists after the fight.
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