Yiddish Proverbs

You are ushered in according to your dress; shown out according to your brains.

You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.

The nearer to the synagogue, the farther from God.

If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.

You find everything when you are spring cleaning.

God created a world full of little worlds.

Better ten times ill than one time dead.

Better ruined ten times than dead once.

Weeping makes the heart grow lighter.

Once it was the parents who taught their children to talk; now the children teach their parents to keep quiet.