Jewish Proverbs

He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief. Jewish Proverbs Image

He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief.

There is no book that contains absolutely nothing bad, and there is no book that contains absolutely nothing good. Jewish Proverbs Image

There is no book that contains absolutely nothing bad, and there is no book that contains absolutely nothing good.

When a father helps a son, both smile; but when a son must help his father, both cry. Jewish Proverbs Image

When a father helps a son, both smile; but when a son must help his father, both cry.

When con men meet a legitimately honest man, they are so bewildered that they consider him a greater con man than themselves. Jewish Proverbs Image

When con men meet a legitimately honest man, they are so bewildered that they consider him a greater con man than themselves.

With money in your pocket, you are wise, and you are handsome, and you sing well too. Jewish Proverbs Image

With money in your pocket, you are wise, and you are handsome, and you sing well too.

Make sure to be in with your equals if you’re going to fall out with your superiors. Jewish Proverbs Image

Make sure to be in with your equals if you’re going to fall out with your superiors.

The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown. Jewish Proverbs Image

The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.

The person who only accepts friends without faults will never have any real friends. Jewish Proverbs Image

The person who only accepts friends without faults will never have any real friends.

Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys. Jewish Proverbs Image

Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.

You don’t need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. Jewish Proverbs Image

You don’t need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.

I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes — until I met a man who had no feet. Jewish Proverbs Image

I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes — until I met a man who had no feet.

When you open a door, don’t forget to close it. Jewish Proverbs Image

When you open a door, don’t forget to close it.

Charity is the spice of riches. Jewish Proverbs Image

Charity is the spice of riches.

Truth is the safest lie. Jewish Proverbs Image

Truth is the safest lie.

What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t witness with your mouth. Jewish Proverbs Image

What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t witness with your mouth.

He who prays for his neighbor will be heard for himself. Jewish Proverbs Image

He who prays for his neighbor will be heard for himself.

Don’t trust someone who tells you all of his troubles Jewish Proverbs Image

Don’t trust someone who tells you all of his troubles

He that can’t endure the bad, will not live to see the good. Jewish Proverbs Image

He that can’t endure the bad, will not live to see the good.

A person worries about the past, distresses about the present Jewish Proverbs Image

A person worries about the past, distresses about the present

When a habit begins to cost money, it’s called a hobby. Jewish Proverbs Image

When a habit begins to cost money, it’s called a hobby.

Let your ears hear what your mouth says. Jewish Proverbs Image

Let your ears hear what your mouth says.

Life is the biggest bargain. We get it for nothing. Jewish Proverbs Image

Life is the biggest bargain. We get it for nothing.

Whoever enjoys his life is doing the creator’s will. Jewish Proverbs Image

Whoever enjoys his life is doing the creator’s will.

Whoever does not try, does not learn. Jewish Proverbs Image

Whoever does not try, does not learn.

Teach your tongue to say “I don’t know” instead of to make up something. Jewish Proverbs Image

Teach your tongue to say “I don’t know” instead of to make up something.

Sympathy doesn’t provide food, but it makes hunger more endurable. Jewish Proverbs Image

Sympathy doesn’t provide food, but it makes hunger more endurable.

Sympathy is a little medicine to soothe the ache in another’s heart. Jewish Proverbs Image

Sympathy is a little medicine to soothe the ache in another’s heart.

Worries go down better with soup than without. Jewish Proverbs Image

Worries go down better with soup than without.

Don’t sell the sun to buy a candle. Jewish Proverbs Image

Don’t sell the sun to buy a candle.

Hospitality is one form of worship. Jewish Proverbs Image

Hospitality is one form of worship.

The only truly dead are those who have been forgotten. Jewish Proverbs Image

The only truly dead are those who have been forgotten.

Don’t be too sweet, or else you will be eaten up Jewish Proverbs Image

Don’t be too sweet, or else you will be eaten up

Don’t live in a town where there are no doctors. Jewish Proverbs Image

Don’t live in a town where there are no doctors.

Don’t look for more honor than your learning merits. Jewish Proverbs Image

Don’t look for more honor than your learning merits.

Don’t make a fence more expensive or more important than what it is fencing. Jewish Proverbs Image

Don’t make a fence more expensive or more important than what it is fencing.

Don’t make a toil of pleasure. Jewish Proverbs Image

Don’t make a toil of pleasure.

Don’t open a shop unless you know how to smile. Jewish Proverbs Image

Don’t open a shop unless you know how to smile.

Don’t pick a wasp out of a cream-jug. Jewish Proverbs Image

Don’t pick a wasp out of a cream-jug.

Pride is the mask of one’s own faults. Jewish Proverbs Image

Pride is the mask of one’s own faults.

Pride joined with many virtues chokes them all. Jewish Proverbs Image

Pride joined with many virtues chokes them all.

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