Sympathy is a little medicine to soothe the ache in another’s heart.
Sympathy is a little medicine to soothe the ache in another’s heart.
More Jewish Proverbs
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Sympathy doesn’t provide food, but it makes hunger more endurable. -
He who prays for his neighbor will be heard for himself. -
Make sure to be in with your equals if you’re going to fall out with your superiors. -
Don’t trust someone who tells you all of his troubles and keeps you from all of his joys. -
He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment brings him up to be a thief. -
When you open a door, don’t forget to close it. Treat your mouth accordingly. -
Loneliness breaks the spirit. -
What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give in sickness is silver; what you give after death is lead. -
If not for fear, sin would be sweet. -
When con men meet a legitimately honest man, they are so bewildered that they consider him a greater con man than themselves. -
If you don’t aspire to great things, you won’t attain small things. -
Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house. -
Don’t live in a town where there are no doctors. -
God gives burdens also shoulders. -
Because you have drowned others, you were drowned, and in the end, those who drowned you will be drowned. -
Your friend has a friend, and your friend’s friend has another friend — so know when to keep quiet. -
You don’t need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. -
Don’t look for more honor than your learning merits. -
God couldn’t be everywhere, so he created mothers. -
Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death. -
Let your ears hear what your mouth says. -
First improve yourself, and then judge others. -
What the daughter does, the mother did. -
Charity is the spice of riches. -
Beware of the person who gives you advice according to his own interests. -
People are like grass in the field: some blossom, some wither. -
A slave shows his true character, not while he is enslaved but when he becomes a master.