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| English | Russian |
| a burden of one's own choice is not felt the burden one likes is cheerfully borne | своя ноша не тянет (what a person carries or does for oneself never seems to be too heavy or unpleasant. Contrast: too much breaks the bag. It is good trying the sack before it be full. Take no more on you than you're able to bear) |
| bear one's cross | нести свой крест |
| I follow the worse a other folks' troubles are easily borne | чужую беду руками разведу (а к своей ума не приложу; but) |
| man is borne unto trouble | человек рождается для страдания |