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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A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar.
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Measure seven times, cut one.
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Where it is thin, it breaks.
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The beauty of a debt is its payment
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You can't spoil the porridge with butter.
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Без труда не выловишь и рыбку из пруда
Without labor, you can not even catch a fish in the pond.
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С волками жить – по-волчьи выть
Living with wolves means to howl like a wolf.
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Some to the forest, some for firewood.
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