You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew. Sholom Aleichem More Quotes by Sholom Aleichem More Quotes From Sholom Aleichem Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. Sholom Aleichem wise dream life If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle. Sholom Aleichem self two people No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you. Sholom Aleichem motivational inspirational life This is an ugly and mean world, and only to spite it we mustn't weep. If you want to know, this is the constant source of my good spirit, of my humor. Not to cry, out of spite, only to laugh out of spite, only to laugh. Sholom Aleichem laughing mean world There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a moment's thought to anything, and comprehend everything. 'Blessed hands' is the name bestowed on these fortunate beings. The world envies, honours and respects them. Sholom Aleichem blessed names hands Gossip is nature's telephone. Sholom Aleichem telephones gossip nature When the heart is full it runs out of the eyes. Sholom Aleichem eye heart running A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring. Sholom Aleichem substitutes pieces wise If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place. Sholom Aleichem ifs want firsts The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger. Sholom Aleichem hunger rich pride You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become. Sholom Aleichem peaceful play trying Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are 'holes' and 'bank' and 'caps.' But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow. Sholom Aleichem smart clever winning It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords, pop-guns and bows and arrows. They take food with them, and go off to wage war. Sholom Aleichem gun war children One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business. Sholom Aleichem village bread want Without love our life is ... a ship without a rudder ... like a body without a soul. Sholom Aleichem body soul love Barking dogs don't bite, but they themselves don't know it. Sholom Aleichem bites dog knows A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument. Sholom Aleichem argument real self The worm in the radish doesn't think there is anything sweeter. Sholom Aleichem radishes worms thinking I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art. Sholom Aleichem taste giving art A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop. Sholom Aleichem hard singing rain
