In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool.


Yiddish Proverb

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More Yiddish Proverb

The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.
YIDDISH PROVERB
When a habit begins to cost money, it's called a hobby.
YIDDISH PROVERB
You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
YIDDISH PROVERB
True poverty does not come from God.
YIDDISH PROVERB
One chops the wood, the other does the grunting.
YIDDISH PROVERB
I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
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He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief...
YIDDISH PROVERB
A half truth is a whole lie.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
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God gave burdens, also shoulders.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A nation's treasure is its scholars.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.
YIDDISH PROVERB
He who marries for money earns it.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Loneliness breaks the spirit.
YIDDISH PROVERB
No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
YIDDISH PROVERB
The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
YIDDISH PROVERB
The heart is half a prophet.
YIDDISH PROVERB
You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.
YIDDISH PROVERB
He who puts up with insult invites injury.
YIDDISH PROVERB
All of us are crazy in one way or another.
YIDDISH PROVERB
He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Too humble is half proud.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A mother understands what a child does not say.
YIDDISH PROVERB
God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you can't go over, you must go under.
YIDDISH PROVERB
It's astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies.
YIDDISH PROVERB
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YIDDISH PROVERB
What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.
YIDDISH PROVERB
God will provide -- ah, if only He would till He does!
YIDDISH PROVERB
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
YIDDISH PROVERB
God is closest to those with broken hearts.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
YIDDISH PROVERB
All things grow with time -- except grief.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.
YIDDISH PROVERB
One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be...
YIDDISH PROVERB
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Charm is more than beauty.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep.
YIDDISH PROVERB
The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.
YIDDISH PROVERB
It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A man should go on living -- if only to satisfy his curiosity.
YIDDISH PROVERB
What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Locks keep out only the honest.
YIDDISH PROVERB
You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep
YIDDISH PROVERB
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are real...
YIDDISH PROVERB
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
YIDDISH PROVERB
The eyes are the mirror of the soul
YIDDISH PROVERB
Prayers go up and blessings come down
YIDDISH PROVERB
A golden key will open every lock.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A half-truth is a whole lie
YIDDISH PROVERB
Life is like an onion. Why is life like an onion? Because you peel away layer after layer and when y...
YIDDISH PROVERB
Other people's troubles are bearable.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you can't bite, don't show your teeth.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
YIDDISH PROVERB
He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A man's worst enemies can't wish on him what he can think up himself.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A half-truth is a whole lie.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A child's tear rends the heavens.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If God were living on earth, people would break His windows
YIDDISH PROVERB
If God lived on Earth, people would knock out all His windows
YIDDISH PROVERB
The wheel turns round
YIDDISH PROVERB
Don't live in a town where there are no doctors
YIDDISH PROVERB
One person enjoys a piece of hard cheese, a second a spun out prayer chant, and a third a door to th...
YIDDISH PROVERB
God will provide - ah, if only He would till He does!
YIDDISH PROVERB
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul
YIDDISH PROVERB
If a link is broken, the entire chain breaks.
YIDDISH PROVERB
All signs are misleading
YIDDISH PROVERB
Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday
YIDDISH PROVERB
Tomorrow your horse may be lame
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you are bitter at heart, sugar in the mouth will not help you
YIDDISH PROVERB
What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth
YIDDISH PROVERB
The truth is not always what we want to hear
YIDDISH PROVERB
To every answer you can find a new question
YIDDISH PROVERB
God gave burdens, also shoulders
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything
YIDDISH PROVERB
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have
YIDDISH PROVERB
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity
YIDDISH PROVERB
Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool
YIDDISH PROVERB
Surrounding yourself with dwarfs doesn't make you a giant
YIDDISH PROVERB
One hand washes the other
YIDDISH PROVERB
Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven
YIDDISH PROVERB
Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand
YIDDISH PROVERB
Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains
YIDDISH PROVERB
The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes
YIDDISH PROVERB
Better ask ten times than go astray once
YIDDISH PROVERB
Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out
YIDDISH PROVERB
He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good
YIDDISH PROVERB
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding
YIDDISH PROVERB
The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter
YIDDISH PROVERB
He who puts up with insult invites injury
YIDDISH PROVERB
If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of your arm
YIDDISH PROVERB
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water
YIDDISH PROVERB
The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks
YIDDISH PROVERB
He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral
YIDDISH PROVERB
Life is the greatest bargain - we get it for nothing
YIDDISH PROVERB
He falsifies who renders a verse just as it looks
YIDDISH PROVERB
What you save is, later, like something found
YIDDISH PROVERB
Don't spit into the well - you might drink from it later
YIDDISH PROVERB
If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living
YIDDISH PROVERB
A wise man hears one word and understands two
YIDDISH PROVERB
When a thief kisses you, count your teeth
YIDDISH PROVERB
Seek advice but use your own common sense
YIDDISH PROVERB
With time, even a bear can learn to dance
YIDDISH PROVERB
Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant
YIDDISH PROVERB
The girl who can't dance says the band can't play
YIDDISH PROVERB
Bygone troubles are good to tell
YIDDISH PROVERB
The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never.
YIDDISH PROVERB
God made man because he loves stories
YIDDISH PROVERB
A child's tear rends the heavens
YIDDISH PROVERB
Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble
YIDDISH PROVERB
A rich man has no need of character
YIDDISH PROVERB
If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over
YIDDISH PROVERB
Most people don't pray when they are on their knees but when they are on their backs
YIDDISH PROVERB
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To know and not to do is not to know
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
PROVERB
The time to make friends is before you need them.
PROVERB
Short judgments make long friends.
PROVERB
It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
PROVERB
A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
PROVERB
Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
PROVERB
Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
PROVERB
From small beginnings come great things.
PROVERB
Some will, some don't, so what!
PROVERB
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
PROVERB
Try and trust will move mountains.
PROVERB
He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
PROVERB
Make peace with man and war with your sins.
PROVERB
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
PROVERB
All sins cast long shadows.
PROVERB
Simplicity is the seal of truth.
PROVERB
A silent mouth is melodious.
PROVERB
Silence implies consent.
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The Laws of Clothing Shopping:
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If you like it...
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Shame is worse than death.
PROVERB
God likes help when helping people.
PROVERB
One is rated by others as he rates himself.
PROVERB
Attack is the best form of defense.
PROVERB
Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PROVERB
A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
PROVERB
When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
PROVERB
It is better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB
Better to be safe than sorry.
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Kings have many ears and eyes.
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It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
PROVERB
Every time you wake up and ask yourself, What good things am I going to do today?, remember t...
PROVERB
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
PROVERB
Cunning surpasses strength.
PROVERB
What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
PROVERB
Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dr...
PROVERB
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
PROVERB
Two great talkers will not travel far together.
PROVERB
A closed mouth catches no flies.
PROVERB
He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with th...
PROVERB
A good speaker makes a good liar.
PROVERB
Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
PROVERB
When at a loss how to go on, cough.
PROVERB
Speak when you are spoken to.
PROVERB
Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.
PROVERB
The less people think the more they talk.
PROVERB
Speak little and to the purpose.
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Speak and the man shall be shown.
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The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.
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A little body often harbors a great soul.
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Life without a friend is death without a witness.
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The larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.
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You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
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Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
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What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
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Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
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Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
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He has hard work who has nothing to do.
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