551 Yiddish Proverbs / Page 4
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A person should stay alive, if only out of curiosity.62.
A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.63.
A person's worst enemy can't wish on him what he can think up himself.64.
A quarrel is like an itch; the more you scratch, the more it itches.65.
A quiet fool is half a sage.66.
A rich man has no need of character.67.
A rich man who is stingy is the worst pauper.68.
A rich man's foolish sayings pass for wise ones.69.
A rich mouthful, a heavy groan.70.
A snake deserves no pity.71.
A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars.72.
A thief's end is hanging.73.
A wise man hears one word and understands two.74.
A wise man knows what he says, a fool says what he knows.75.
A wounded soul is difficult to heal.76.
After nine months the secret comes out.77.
All dumb people have a lot to say.78.
All of us are crazy in one way or another.79.
All signs are misleading.80.
All things grow with time, except grief.