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A child's tear rends the heavens.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A chip off the old block.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A chip on the shoulder indicates wood higher up.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A dog without teeth will also attack a bone.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A fool is his own informer.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks
an insult.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A fool who can keep silent is counted among the wise.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A golden key will open every lock.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A half truth is a whole lie.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A jest is half a truth.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A joke driven too far brings home hate.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A man cannot jump over his own shadow.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end--and in the
meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to
steal.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A penny is a lot of money--if you haven't got a penny.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A penny is sometimes better spent than spared.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A penny saved is a penny earned.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A rich man who is stingy is the worst pauper.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A rich man's foolish sayings pass for wise ones.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A rich mouthful, a heavy groan.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A snake deserves no pity.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars.
Source: (Yiddish)
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A wise man hears one word and understands two.
Source: (Yiddish)
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After nine months the secret comes out.
Source: (Yiddish)
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All signs are misleading.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Better ask ten times than go astray once.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Beware of still water, a still dog, and a still enemy.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Bygone troubles are good to tell.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Ca' me, ca' thee.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Cancer--schmancer!--as long as you're healthy.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Candlemas day, put beans in the clay; put candles and
candlesticks away.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Charge nothing and you'll get a lot of customers.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Charity excuseth not cheating.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Charm is more than beauty.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Dear God: You do such wonderful things for complete strangers;
why not for me?
Source: (Yiddish)
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Don't throw a stone into a well from which you have drunk.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new
one holds water.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Every seller praises his wares.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the
same oven.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Flattery sits in the parlour when plain dealing is kicked out of
doors.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Flattery will get you nowhere.
Source: (Yiddish)
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Fleas are not lobsters.
Source: (Yiddish)
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God created a world full of little worlds.
Source: (Yiddish)
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