551 Yiddish Proverbs / Page 9
161.
Flattery will get you nowhere.162.
Fleas are not lobsters.163.
For example is not the same as proof.164.
Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.165.
From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road.166.
From the black earth there grows the finest grain.167.
Give me, Lord, my daily bread, I will get my own brandy.168.
Go quickly but don't fall off my step.169.
God could not be everywhere and therefore He made mothers.170.
God created a world full of little worlds.171.
God created people because he loves stories.172.
God gave burdens, also shoulders.173.
God is a father, happiness is a stepfather.174.
God is an honest payer, but a very slow one.175.
God loves the poor and helps the rich.176.
God made man because he loves stories.177.
God sends burdens... and shoulders.178.
God will provide -- ah, if only He would till He does.179.
God will provide. If only God would provide until He provides.180.
Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.