More Yiddish proverbs
The heaviest burden is an empty pocket.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb By day they’re ready to divorce, by night they’re ready for bed.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb The nearer to the synagogue, the farther from God.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb You are ushered in according to your dress; shown out according to your brains.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb When God wants to punish an idiot, He teaches them a few words of Hebrew.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb Before you start up a ladder, count the rungs.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb Someone who can hold on to his money is worth more than the one who earns it.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb Better ruined ten times than dead once.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb Better ten times ill than one time dead.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb God created a world full of little worlds.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb You find everything when you are spring cleaning.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb Words should be weighed, not counted.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb Once it was the parents who taught their children to talk; now the children teach their parents to keep quiet.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb Weeping makes the heart grow lighter.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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