No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you. Sholom Aleichem More Quotes by Sholom Aleichem More Quotes From Sholom Aleichem They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence. Sholom Aleichem generations men children Love is a taste of paradise. Sholom Aleichem paradise love-is love I never turn down a drink. Among friends it’s always appropriate. A man is only a man as they say, but brandy is still brandy. You’ll find that in the Talmud too. Sholom Aleichem brandy drink men To go to the synagogue with one's father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one's friends? Then the prayers themselves - the first Festival evening prayer and blessing. Sholom Aleichem prayer blessing father A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction. Sholom Aleichem work morning men When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform? Sholom Aleichem artist heard A kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats. Sholom Aleichem oats bags pieces To make people laugh was almost a sickness with me. Sholom Aleichem sickness laughing people Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose. Sholom Aleichem jew simple lying Each Jew must either give or take tzedakah [charity] for Passover. Sholom Aleichem jew charity giving No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one. Sholom Aleichem shoes knows Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children. Sholom Aleichem good-god luxury children Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on his shoulders. On the two first nights of Passover, Elijah the Prophet goes about looking for those who have fallen asleep at the Seder, and takes them away in his bag. Sholom Aleichem remember-you sleep night When the heart is full, the eyes overflow. Sholom Aleichem full eyes overflow heart When you die, others who think they know you, will concoct things about you... Better pick up a pen and write it yourself, for you know yourself best. Sholom Aleichem yourself die best you If somebody tells you that you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you so, buy yourself a saddle. Sholom Aleichem yourself you attention people