Jewish proverbs

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1 Without translation
2 Translated
3 Bibliography

Without translation

Translated

"What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your tongue."
"Istra Ba'lagina, Kish Kish Kri"
- Translation: "A coin in an empty barrel, makes a lot of noise."
"Once poor, never rich."
Je länger ein Blinder lebt, desto mehr sieht er.
- Lit. "The longer a blind man lives, the more he sees."
Gott hat eine Welt voller kleiner Weltchen erschaffen.
- Lit. "God created one world full of small worlds."

Bibliography

Ayalti, Hanan J., (ed.), Yiddish Proverbs, New York, 1949.
Bernstein, Ignaz and B. W. Segel, Jiddische Sprichwörter, Frankfurt a. M., 1908.

See also: List of proverbs.

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