There is no book that contains absolutely nothing bad, and there is no book that contains absolutely nothing good.

More Jewish Proverbs

• 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.
• I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
• You can’t force anyone to love you or to lend you money.
• Better an honest smack in the face than a false kiss.
• What one has, one doesn’t want, and what one wants, one doesn’t have.
• When two divorced people marry, four people get into bed.
• As you do, so will be done to you.
• Do not meet troubles half-way.
• Do not be wise in words – be wise in deeds.
• Even the most expensive clock still shows sixty minutes in every hour.
• A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
• The poor fool is a man who falls on his back and breaks his nose.
• Taxes grow without rain.
• Whoever enjoys his life is doing the Creator’s will.
• He who has no hand cannot clench his fist.
• If you can’t go over, you must go under.
• The innkeeper loves a drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.
• What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
• When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage.
• First learn, and then form opinions.
• A person worries about the past, distresses about the present, and fears the future.
• Teach your tongue to say “I don’t know” instead of to make up something.
• Where two Jews, three opinions.