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Jewish proverbs

“Where two Jews, three opinions.”

“As he thinks in his heart, so he is.”

“Prepare your proof before you argue.”

“I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.”

“If you lie on the ground, you cannot fall.”

“If you can't go over, you must go under.”

“Beware of the person who gives you advice according to his own interests.”

“A mother understands what a child does not say.”

“A half-truth is a whole lie.”

“Pride joined with many virtues chokes them all.”

“First mend yourself, and then mend others.”

“Do not be wise in words – be wise in deeds.”

“Don’t trust someone who tells you all of his troubles and keeps you from all of his joys.”

“If you don’t aspire to great things, you won’t attain small things.”

“Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless.”

“As he thinks in his heart, so he is.”

“Pride is the mask of one's own faults.”

“You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.”

“When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage.”

“What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.”

“As you teach, you learn.”

“No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.”

“If there is bitterness in the heart, sugar in the mouth won't make life sweeter.”

“He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.”

“If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.”

“Never trust people who tell you all their troubles but keep from you all their joys.”


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