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Better a slap from a wise man than a kiss from a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about kiss, man

A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his lifetime.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about day, man

A good man, but his mad dog won't let you speak to him.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about good, good luck, man, contentment

When a poor man eats a chicken, one or the other is sick.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

Every man knows that he must die, but no one believes it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about death, man

A wise man knows what he says, a fool says what he knows.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

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

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

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

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

Ten enemies cannot do a man the harm that he does to himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about enemies, man

A man should go on living -- if only to satisfy his curiosity.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about curiosity, man

No man suffers from another's sins - he has enough of his own.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about sin, man

When a fool has the cow by the horns, the wise man can milk it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about dream, man, old, olderness

Not only that the rich man is rich, but he has such good checks too.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth, good, good luck, man

A man's worst enemies can't wish on him what he can think up himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wish, enemies, man

Don't call a man honest just because he never had the chance to steal.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about chance, man

What a man thinks up for himself, his worst enemy couldn't wish for him.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wish, enemies, man

It is better to be in hell with a wise man than in heaven with an idiot.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about hell, man

If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about water, man