If a person is fated to drown, he'll lose his life even in a teaspoon of water.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about people, life, water
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505 proverbs and old sayings yiddish
You do not fall because you are weak, you fall because you think you are strong.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about fall
The wolf is not afraid of the dog, but he doesn't like the sound of his barking.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish
If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about money, people, god
A deaf man heard how a mute told that a blind man has seen how a cripple walked.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about blind, man
Men would not be richer for being miserly; generosity does not make a man poorer.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about generosity, being, man
A penny saved is a penny earned, but sometimes a penny is better spent than saved.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish
Eggs may be smarter than the chickens, but it doesn't take long for them to stink.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish
The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man
Never approach a goat from the front, a horse from behind, and a fool from both sides.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish
The best horse needs a whip, intelligent men need advice, and devout women need a man.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about need, advice, man
The heart of a man may be compared to a sausage; no one can tell exactly what's inside.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about heart, man
Lend everyone your ears, give a hand to your friends but give your lips only to a woman.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about woman
What can you do with a good cow that gives a lot of milk and then kicks the bucket over?
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about good, good luck
If you find your friend on the sofa at home with your wife, you had better sell the sofa.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about commerce, home, wife
If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth, people
If I dealt in candles, the sun wouldn't set; if I dealt in shrouds, people would stop dying.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about sun, people
When a miller fights with a chimney sweep, the miller gets black and the chimney sweep gets white.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about magic
We have far greater compassion for another's misfortune than our pleasure in another's good fortune.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about pleasure, wealth, good, good luck
If charity cost nothing and benevolence caused no heartache, the world would be full of philanthropists.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about charity, world, nothing
