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Mothers-in-law are fine so long as they are deaf and blind.
Too humble is half proud.
You can wash your body but not your soul.
Before you start up a ladder, count the rungs.
From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road.
When one comes to comfort a young widow, he does not mean to perform a good deed.
Experience is what we call the accumulation of our mistakes.
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.
If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.
You can’t measure the whole world with your own yardstick.
When God wants to punish an idiot, He teaches them a few words of Hebrew.
One old friend is better than two new ones.
The cold strengthens you more than hunger.
The doctor has a remedy for everything but poverty.
Some people are electrifying; they light up a room when they leave.
Better a steady dime than a rare dollar.
Better an honest slap in the face than an insincere kiss.
You are ushered in according to your dress; shown out according to your brains.
Men would not be richer for being miserly; generosity does not make a man poorer.
If it must always be better, it can never be good enough.
You never lose a false coin.
Confidence is half of victory.
Better to die upright than to live on your knees.
Prayers go up and blessings come down.
You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.
The rabbi drinks the wine and asks the others to be happy.
If things are not as you wish, wish them as they are.
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