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20 quotes by Sholom Aleichem

Sholem Aleichem statue in Netanya, Israel Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish: שלום־עליכם and Hebrew; Russian and Ukrainian: Шоло м-Але йхем) (March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1859 – May 13, 1916), was a leading Yiddish author and playwright. The musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on his stories about Tevye the Dairyman, was the first commercially successful English-language stage production...
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Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

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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... →

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No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

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A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

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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.

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There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a... →

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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... →

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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... →

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Gossip is nature's telephone.

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You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

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The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

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It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden... →

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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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