551 Yiddish Proverbs / Page 7
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Charity covers a multitude of sins.122.
Charity excuseth not cheating.123.
Charm is more than beauty.124.
Come for your inheritance and you may have to pay for the funeral.125.
Dear God: You do such wonderful things for complete strangers; why not for me?126.
Dear God: You do such wonderful things for complete strangers; why not for me?127.
Death does not knock on the door.128.
Do good and ask not for whom.129.
Do not show a stick to a dog that has been beaten.130.
Doctors and gravediggers are partners.131.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back or a fool from any side.132.
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.133.
Don't bargain with God.134.
Don't be scared when you have no other choice.135.
Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out.136.
Don't call a man honest just because he never had the chance to steal.137.
Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.138.
Don't settle in a place where the doctor has gout.139.
Don't throw a stone into a well from which you have drunk.140.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.