Старый друг лучше новых двух
With accent marks:
Ста́рый друг лу́чше но́вых двух.
Translation:
An old friend is better than two new ones.
Meaning:
This is used to emphasize the value of a long-standing friendship. A person may have many "buddies" and "acquaintances", but there are not so many real friends.
Other Russian proverbs
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Where there is no fish even a crayfish is a fish.
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Fear has big eyes.
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Заставь дурака богу молиться – он и лоб расшибёт
Make a fool pray to God - he will break his forehead.
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Who is talking about what, and a lousy one about the bath.
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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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With a darling, even a hut is a paradise.
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Beast runs towards the hunter.
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Where it is thin, it breaks.
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