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Jewish Proverbs

15 Jewish proverbs

Ask the experienced rather than the learned

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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork

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Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been leant to you

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Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance

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God gives the nuts but he does not crack them

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Good fences make good neighbors

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He who respects his parents never dies

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If you can't lick 'em, join 'em

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Love and eggs are best when they are fresh

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Man has responsiblity, not power

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Never write a letter while you are angry

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The hammer shatters glass but forges steel

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What you give you get, ten times over

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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other

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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep

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