Jewish Proverbs (628 Proverbs)
- He who has children will never die of starvation.
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- He falsifies who renders a verse just as it looks.
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- Gamblers do not contribute to the public welfare.
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- Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
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- Come for your inheritance and you may have to pay for the funeral.
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- Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
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- An unkept promise leads to a bad life.
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- A rich man has no need of character.
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- A lock is meant only for honest men.
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- A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.
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- Money will buy you everything but good sense.
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- Look down if you want to know how tall you are.
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- It is better to be in hell with a wise man than in heaven with an idiot.
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- If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of your arm.
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- If the pupil is smart, the teacher gets the credit.
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- If God were living on earth, people would break His windows.
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- I can find good in my boss but he is at loggerheads with me.
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- Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.
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- Grapes picked too early don't even make good vinegar.
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- From the black earth there grows the finest grain.
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- Don't settle in a place where the doctor has gout.
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- Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor.
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- Better an ounce of happiness than a pound of gold.
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- An old man in the house is a burden, but an old woman is a treasure.
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- A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.
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- A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.
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- A farmer should not ride the king's horse.
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- Men would not be richer for being miserly; generosity does not make a man poorer.
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- Life is the biggest bargain -- we get it for nothing.
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- In the mirror everybody sees his best friend.
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- If you eat your bagel, you'll have nothing in your pocket but the hole.
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- If the father marries the aunt, he's an uncle.
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- If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
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- How great man would be were he not so arrogant.
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- He who gossips and he who listens to it deserve to be thrown to the dogs.
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- He avenged himself on fleas, and burned up his bed.
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- From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road.
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- Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile.
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- Charge nothing and you'll get a lot of customers.
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- Better an honest slap in the face than an insincere kiss.
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- An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease.
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- A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.
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- A lie can take you far away -- but with no hope of return.
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- A dream which has not been interpreted is like a letter unread.
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- Men will give away their last shirt to become millionaires.
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- Life is just like a dream -- but don't wake me.
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- In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool.
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- If you commence a good action, leave it not incomplete.
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- If the dog barks, go in; if the bitch barks you had better stay outside.
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- If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
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- Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool.
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- He who follows advice from women will end up in hell.
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- Happy the generation where the great listen to the small, for it follows that in such a generation the small will listen to the great.
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- Don't pick a wasp out of a cream-jug.
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- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
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- Candlemas day, put beans in the clay; put candles and candlesticks away.
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- Better a thief for a neighbor than an overzealous rabbi.
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- An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.
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- A penny is sometimes better spent than spared.
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- A lazy messenger is not short of excuses.
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- A dog without teeth will also attack a bone.
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- Men were born with bread in their hands women were born with empty hands.
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- Lend everyone your ears, give a hand to your friends but give your lips only to a woman.
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- In a restaurant choose a table near a waiter.
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- If you are lucky, even your ox will calve.
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- If the bride can't dance, she blames the musicians.
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- If each one sweeps before his own door, the whole street is clean.
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- Hell itself can be no worse than the road that leads to it.
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- Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
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- Had you gotten up early, you wouldn't have needed to stay up late.
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- Flattery sits in the parlour when plain dealing is kicked out of doors.
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- Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.
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- Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.
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- Better a slap from a wise man than a kiss from a fool.
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- An accuser may not act as a defender.
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- A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.
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- A joke driven too far brings home hate.
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- A deaf man heard how a mute told that a blind man has seen how a cripple walked.
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- You can't measure the whole world with your own yardstick.
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- Whoever depends on his wife's earnings will not succeed.
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