Yiddish proverbs

The luck of an ignoramus is this: He doesn't know that he doesn't know.

Flattery sits in the parlour when plain dealing is kicked out of doors.

If you eat your bagel, you'll have nothing in your pocket but the hole.

If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

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

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

Candlemas day, put beans in the clay; put candles and candlesticks away.

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

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

When God wants to punish an idiot, He teaches them a few words of Hebrew.

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