Yiddish proverbs
Yiddish Proverbs100 proverbs“The heart of a man may be compared to a sausage; no one can tell exactly what’s inside.”
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Not all nice things are dear, but those that are dear are nice.
Yiddish ProverbYiddish Proverb 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.
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