# Famous sayings from Krylov's fables

'And Vaska listens and keeps eating', 'And the casket simply opened', 'And the cart is still there': lines from Ivan Krylov's fables that long ago became proverbs, with the fable's name.

- 24 votes · 13 items
- Feb 27, 2024 · Pasha Makarov
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## Top 13

1. **The weak are always to blame in the eyes of the strong.** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The Wolf and the Lamb, 1808.
2. **An obliging fool is more dangerous than an enemy.** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The Hermit and the Bear, 1807.
3. **And the casket simply opened.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Casket, 1807.
4. **You sang all summer? Very well: now go and dance!** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Dragonfly and the Ant, 1808.
5. **And the cart is still there to this day.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Swan, the Pike and the Crayfish, 1814.
6. **However useful a thing may be, the ignorant, not knowing its worth, will always run it down.** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The Monkey and the Glasses, 1815.
7. **You're guilty simply because I'm hungry.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Wolf and the Lamb, 1808.
8. **However you sit, my friends, you're still no musicians.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Quartet, 1811.
9. **When partners can't agree, their work will never go right.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Swan, the Pike and the Crayfish, 1814.
10. **Instead of counting the gossips, wouldn't it be better, dear, to look at yourself?** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Mirror and the Monkey, 1815.
11. **'Where the shepherd's a fool, so are the dogs.'** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The Wolf and the Wolf Cub, 1811.
12. **Trouble comes when the cobbler starts baking pies and the pie-maker stitching boots.** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The Pike and the Cat, 1813.
13. **And Vaska listens and keeps eating.** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The Cat and the Cook.

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