When distress doesn’t show on the face, it lies in the heart.
—Yiddish Proverb
Old age, to the unlearned, is winter; to the learned, it’s harvest time.
—Yiddish Proverb
You may deal in rags and dress in velvet.
—Yiddish Proverb
It costs nothing to look.
—Yiddish Proverb
Let it be worse, so long as it’s a change.
—Yiddish Proverb
An example is no proof.
—Yiddish Proverb
Not all troubles come from heaven.
—Yiddish Proverb
Truth is the safest lie.
—Yiddish Proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
—Yiddish Proverb
Even for bad luck you need luck.
—Yiddish Proverb
He who is aware of his folly is wise.
—Yiddish Proverb
Money goes to money.
—Yiddish Proverb
No choice is also a choice.
—Yiddish Proverb
Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
—Yiddish Proverb
Give me, Lord, my daily bread, I will get my own brandy.
—Yiddish Proverb
The worst libel is the truth.
—Yiddish Proverb
Experience is what we call the accumulation of our mistakes.
—Yiddish Proverb
When one comes to comfort a young widow, he does not mean to perform a good deed.
—Yiddish Proverb
Better a noble death than a wretched life.
—Yiddish Proverb
A trick is clever only once.
—Yiddish Proverb
All brides are beautiful; all the dead are pious.
—Yiddish Proverb
The Rabbi’s daughter is forbidden what the bathhouse keeper’s daughter is allowed.
—Yiddish Proverb
From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road.
—Yiddish Proverb