Proverbs and Sayings Beginning With The Letter “A”. Пословицы и поговорки на букву “А”.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A blind leader of the blind. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit.	Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе. Слепой слепого далеко не уведет. Плохому началу — плохой конец. Худой мир лучше доброй ссоры.

Урок 18. Использование заглавных букв. Lesson 18. Use of capital letters.

Capital letters are used much more sparingly in Russian than in English. In particular the foreign student should note that:

• capital letters are not used in Russian at the beginning of words naming days of the week or months of the year, or indicating nationality or religion, place of origin or language, e.g.:

понeдeльник Monday
янвaрь (m) January
aнгличaнин Englishman
москвич Muscovite
русский язык Russian (language)

• in titles of organisations, institutions, posts, journals, newspapers, books and so forth, it is usual for only the first word in the title to begin with a capital letter (cf. the English practice of beginning each noun and adjective with a capital), e.g.: