Browse Dozens of Proverbs
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- "A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal."
- "A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars."
- "A wise man hears one word and understands two."
- "All things grow with time, except grief."
- "An angry man is not fit to pray."
- "And old maid who marries becomes a young wife."
- "As we live, so we learn."
- "Don't judge a man by the words of his mother, listen to the comments of his neighbours."
- "Dying young is a boon in old age."
- "He is a fool who looks for a notch in a saw."
- "How many will listen to the truth when you tell them? "
- " If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the Poor could make a wonderful living."
- "It was hard for Satan alone to mislead the world, so he appointed rabbis in different localities."
- "Look down if you would know how high you stand."
- "Love is sweet, but tastes best with bread."
- "Measure the corn of others with your own bushel."
- "Not the mouse is the thief, but the hole in the wall."
- "Parents can give a dowry, but not good luck."
- "Poverty is no disgrace, but no honour either."
- "Sooner ask a man for his life, than for his money."
- "The constant friend is never welcome."
- "The devil comes to us in our hour of darkness, but we do not have to let him in. And we do not have to listen either..."
- "The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law."
- "The longest road in the world is the one that leads to the pocket."
- "The truth is not always what we want to hear."
- "The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks."
- "The wool seller knows the wool buyer."
- "Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday."
- "To be rich is not everything, but it certainly helps."
- "Tomorrow your horse may be lame."
- "When a man has luck, even his ox calves."
- "When the ox stumbles, all whet their knives."
- "When you get to the top, don't look back."
- "Your health comes first; you can always hang yourself later."
- "Your neighbour's apples are the sweetest. "
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