Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
By: Sholom Aleichem
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A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.
work different morning
No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
matter bad things
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
poor pride hunger
They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence.
men children generations
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.
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A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.
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A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.
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Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose.
simple jew prose
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.
jew bread potatoes
No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.
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A kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats.
kind oats herring
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