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

quote 6702  |   Jewish Proverb Traditional Proverb

M en worry over the loss of their possessions, not over the loss of their years—which never return.

quote 6700  |   Jewish Proverb Traditional Proverb

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

quote 6695  |   Jewish Proverb Traditional Proverb

Y our enemy’s enemy is your friend.

quote 6692  |   Jewish Proverb Ladino Proverb

W hen God is with you, fear not foe!

quote 6663  |   Jewish Proverb Ladino Proverb

T he darkest hour of night heralds break of dawn.

quote 6597  |   Jewish Proverb Ladino Proverb

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

quote 6562  |   Jewish Proverb Traditional Proverb

W hatever has not happened in a thousand years may happen the next moment.

quote 6552  |   Jewish Proverb Ladino Proverb

R ejoice not at thine enemy’s fall – but don’t rush to pick him up either.

quote 6519  |   Jewish Proverb Traditional Proverb

B etter an easy death than a hard life.

quote 6516  |   Jewish Proverb Yiddish Proverb

T he man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.

quote 6507  |   Jewish Proverb Hasidic Proverb

T here is no book that has not something bad in it, none that has not something good.

quote 6461  |   Jewish Proverb Traditional Proverb

N one should stand up to pray save in sober mood; the pious men of old used to wait an hour before they said their prayer, that they might direct their heart toward God.

quote 6446  |   Jewish Proverb Berakhot 5:1

T he man who cannot survive bad times will not see good times.

quote 6439  |   Jewish Proverb Hasidic Proverb

A young tree bends, an old tree breaks.

quote 6436  |   Jewish Proverb Yiddish Proverb

D eath does not knock at the door.

quote 6412  |   Jewish Proverb Yiddish Proverb

B etter to get from God by the spoonful than from Man by the bushel.

quote 6388  |   Jewish Proverb Yiddish Proverb

Y ou don’t put the cat in charge of the cream.

quote 6386  |   Jewish Proverb Yiddish Proverb

D on't make a toil of pleasure.

quote 4448  |   Jewish Proverb

W hoever teaches his son teaches not only his son but also his son's son, and so on to the end of generations.

quote 4447  |   Jewish Proverb

W ho seeks more than he needs hinders himself from enjoying what he has.

quote 4446  |   Jewish Proverb

S ilence is a fence around wisdom.

quote 4445  |   Jewish Proverb

I f a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two.

quote 4443  |   Jewish Proverb

H e who feels no compassion will become insane.

quote 4442  |   Jewish Proverb Hasidic