Jewish Proverb Quotes

Sayings of Jewish Origin
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“Loneliness breaks the spirit.”
Loneliness
“Pride is the mask of one's own faults.”
Pride
“If you can't go over, you must go under.”
Difficulties
“He who puts up with insult invites injury.”
Insults
“Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.”
Gossip
“All things grow with time -- except grief.”
Grief
“God is closest to those with broken hearts.”
God
“Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless.”
Stupidity
“A mother understands what a child does not say.”
Mothers
“Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.”
Angels
“No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.”
Listening
“God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers”
Mothers
“Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.”
Modesty
“What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.”
Tears
“You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.”
Control
“If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.”
God
“When a habit begins to cost money, it's called a hobby.”
Leisure
“It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love.”
Love
“What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.”
Gossip
“Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure.”
Prayer
“Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.”
Family
“If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.”
Money
“Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.”
Trust
“I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.”
Complaints and Complaining
“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.”
Family
“Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.”
Fools and Foolishness