Yiddish proverbs

If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.

When a miller fights with a chimney sweep, the miller gets black and the chimney sweep gets white.

We have far greater compassion for another's misfortune than our pleasure in another's good fortune.

If charity cost nothing and benevolence caused no heartache, the world would be full of philanthropists.

One person enjoys a piece of hard cheese, a second a spun out prayer chant, and a third a door to the street.

Once it was the parents who taught their children to talk; now the children teach their parents to keep quiet.

A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end--and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka.

You may not always end up where you thought you were going, but you will always end up where you are meant to be.

If everyone were allowed to take from the world all her heart desired, there would be nothing left for anyone else.

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