Better a noble death than a wretched life.
—Yiddish Proverb
The worst libel is the truth.
—Yiddish Proverb
All brides are beautiful; all the dead are pious.
—Yiddish Proverb
Experience is what we call the accumulation of our mistakes.
—Yiddish Proverb
It costs nothing to look.
—Yiddish Proverb
Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
—Yiddish Proverb
Topics: People, Equality
From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road.
—Yiddish Proverb
A trick is clever only once.
—Yiddish Proverb
If you want your dreams to come true, don’t sleep.
—Yiddish Proverb
Topics: Dreams
Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.
—Yiddish Proverb
Topics: Family
You may deal in rags and dress in velvet.
—Yiddish Proverb
Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
—Yiddish Proverb
If Fortune calls, offer him a seat.
—Yiddish Proverb
Topics: Opportunity
No choice is also a choice.
—Yiddish Proverb
Too humble is half proud.
—Yiddish Proverb
Topics: Humility
Money goes to money.
—Yiddish Proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
—Yiddish Proverb
Topics: Words
When distress doesn’t show on the face, it lies in the heart.
—Yiddish Proverb
Truth is the safest lie.
—Yiddish Proverb
He who is aware of his folly is wise.
—Yiddish Proverb
A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.
—Yiddish Proverb
Topics: Friends and Friendship
What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
—Yiddish Proverb
Let it be worse, so long as it’s a change.
—Yiddish Proverb
Give me, Lord, my daily bread, I will get my own brandy.
—Yiddish Proverb
Not all troubles come from heaven.
—Yiddish Proverb
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.
—Yiddish Proverb
Topics: the Body, Laughter, Proverbs
The Rabbi’s daughter is forbidden what the bathhouse keeper’s daughter is allowed.
—Yiddish Proverb
Even for bad luck you need luck.
—Yiddish Proverb
An example is no proof.
—Yiddish Proverb
Old age, to the unlearned, is winter; to the learned, it’s harvest time.
—Yiddish Proverb
When one comes to comfort a young widow, he does not mean to perform a good deed.
—Yiddish Proverb