My Grandmother's Yiddish Sayings & Quotes

Here are some great Yiddish saying that both of my grandfathers used to tell me, and others ones I've collected, too! Do you know any others? E-mail me at (morgan@westegg.com) and let me know!!! What did your grandparents used to tell you???
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Interest on debts grow without rain.

Words show the wit of a man, but actions his meaning.

He who marries for money earns it.

Dear God: You do such wonderful things for complete strangers--why not for me?

I need it like a hole in the head (Ikh darf es vi a lokh in kop)

All signs are misleading.

On a beautiful person, it's good to look, with a smart person it's good to live. (Of a shaynem iz gut tsu kukn, mit z klugn iz gut tsu lebn)

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

You can throw a cat whoever you want, it always falls on its feet.

You buy yourself an enemy when you lend a man money.


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