551 Yiddish Proverbs / Page 5
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All women are heirs to Mother Eve.82.
An angry man is not fit to pray.83.
An animal's end is slaughter.84.
An empty barrel makes a lot of noise.85.
An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease.86.
An imaginary sickness is worse than a real one.87.
An unkept promise leads to a bad life.88.
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.89.
Anger is the thorn in the heart.90.
As the fat man gets thinner, the thin one is already dead.91.
As the sheep are shorn, the lambs shiver.92.
As we live, so we learn.93.
Ask about your neighbors, and then buy the house.94.
Ask advice from everyone, but act with your own mind.95.
Ask and you won't get lost.96.
Attractiveness is better than beauty.97.
Before you start up a ladder, count the rungs.98.
Being too nice can cost a lot.99.
Better a Jew without a beard than a beard without a Jew.100.
Better a slap from a wise man than a kiss from a fool.