Proverbs and old sayings, page 2162

43574 proverbs and old sayings

The rabbi drinks the wine and asks the others to be happy.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about happiness, wine

A lie can take you far away -- but with no hope of return.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about hope, lie

It's astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

You can't measure the whole world with your own yardstick.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about measure, world

As the fat man gets thinner, the thin one is already dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

If two people say he is drunk, the third one should sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about sleep, people

When both parties are right, it's a bad day for right.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about rightness, bad luck, day, bad

If you want people to think you are wise, agree with them.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about people

If you want to give God a good laugh, tell Him your plans.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about god, good, good luck

Don't throw a stone into a well from which you have drunk.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about law

Men will give away their last shirt to become millionaires.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

A fool will jump into the bath and forget to wash his face.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about face

Hell itself can be no worse than the road that leads to it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about hell

Mothers-in-law are fine so long as they are deaf and blind.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about law, blind

One who wants to know is better than one who already knows.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

If praying had helped, he could have hired someone to do it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Parents can give their children everything except good luck.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about parents, good luck, bad luck, children, good

If God were living on earth, people would break His windows.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about earth, people, god