Yiddish Proverbs - page 3

A lazy messenger is not short of excuses. (Yiddish Proverb)
A lie can take you far away-but with no hope of return. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
You cannot hold your head high with your hand out. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
You reproach your daughter, but you mean your daughter-in-law. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
Your health comes first; you can always hang yourself later. View proverb
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Your pot broken seems better than my whole one. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
A lock is meant only for honest men. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
A man cannot jump over his own shadow. View proverb
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A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. View proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. View proverb
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A man should go on living - if only to satisfy his curiosity. (Yiddish Proverb)
A man too good for the world is no good for his wife. View proverb
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A meowing cat catches no mice. View proverb
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A nation's treasure is its scholars. View proverb
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A penny is sometimes better spent than spared. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned, but sometimes a penny is better spent than saved. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
A person can study for seventy years and at the end die a fool. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
Whomever needs milk, bows to the animal. View proverb
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Women can keep only one secret - their own. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
Words should be weighed, not counted. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
You are ushered in according to your dress; shown out according to your brains. (Yiddish Proverb)
You can make the dream bigger than the night. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
You can wash your body but not your soul. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
You can't chew with somebody else's teeth. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
A quiet fool is half a sage. View proverb
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