551 Yiddish Proverbs / Page 20
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Perfection anywhere is very rare.382.
Praise the young and they will blossom.383.
Prayers go up and blessings come down.384.
Pride can live in the dungheap.385.
Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong.386.
Provide for the worst; the best can take care of itself.387.
Quiet streams erode the shore.388.
Rejoice not at your enemy's fall, but don't pick him up, either.389.
Rich man down and poor man up -- they are still not even.390.
Rob not, repent not.391.
Seek advice, but use your own common sense.392.
Seek advice, but use your own common sense.393.
Seek and ye shall find.394.
Send a fool to close the shutters and he'll close them all over town.395.
Send a fool to the market and a fool he will return.396.
She who wants to marry her stepfather regrets it in bed.397.
Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand.398.
Show her the rudder, but don't steer her boat.399.
Shrouds are made without pockets.400.
Silence is also speech.