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==Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.

==If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

==A shprikhvort, iz a vorvort.
==A proverb tells the truth.

==A nar git, a kluger nemt.
==A fool gives, a wise man takes.

==Goldene keylim vern ka mol nit shvarts.
==Golden dishes will never turn black.
==Gold will never get rusty.

==A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.

==A goldener shlisl efent ale tirn.
== A golden key will open every lock.

==Nit dos iz sheyn, vos iz sheyn, nor dos, vos es gefelt.
==Beautiful is not what is beautiful, but what one likes.

==Love is blind; jealousy sees too much

==What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your tongue.

==You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.

==Confidence is half of victory.

==A good enemy is better than a bad friend.
==Besser a Gutter Soineh Aider a Shlecter Freint.

==Keiner zeyt nisht zein eigener hoyker.
==No one sees his own hunchback. i.e No one sees his own faults.

==Vos lenger ein blinder leybt, dos mehr seht er.

==The longer a blind man lives, the more he sees.

==Show her the rudder, but don't steer her boat.

==Love tastes sweet, but only with bread.

==A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

==A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal.

==Cancer--schmancer!--as long as you're healthy.

==Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

==Beware of still water, a still dog, and a still enemy.

==A wise man hears one word and understands two.

==A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.

==A joke driven too far brings home hate.

==A half truth is a whole lie.

==Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom.

==Talk too much and you talk about yourself.

==Not everyone who sits in the seat of honor is master.

==If each one sweeps before his own door, the whole street is clean.

==The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.

==Truth is the safest lie.

==Words should be weighed, not counted.

==You buy yourself an enemy when you lend a man money.
==When one must, one can.

==Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday.

==Aider me zogt arois s'vort, iz men a har; dernoch iz men a nar.

==Before you say a word you're a master; afterwards, you're a fool.

==Az me muz, ken men.

==When one must, one can.

==Besser tsu shtarben shtai'endik aider tsu leben oif di k'ni.

==Better to die upright than to live on your knees.

==Ainer iz a ligen, tsvai iz ligens, drei iz politik.

==One lie is a lie, two lies are lies, but three is politics!

==The smoothest way is full of stones.

==Don't judge a man by the words of his mother, listen to the comments of his neighbors.

==Look down if you would know how high you stand.

==Charm is more than beauty.

==One chops the wood, the other does the grunting.

==It's astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies.

==If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.

==If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep.

==If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

==The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.

==In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool.

==He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral.

==Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.

==He who marries for money earns it.

==Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave.

==If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.

==A weak person goes where he is smiled at

==If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.

==A wise man hears one word and understands two.

==If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.

==A half truth is a whole lie.

==If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.