A heavy rain is good for the fields and bad for the roads.
1001 Yiddish Proverbs by Fred Kogos (Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1970), 26.
Better walk than ride like that.
1001 Yiddish Proverbs by Fred Kogos (Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1970), 29.
A craft is a kingdom!
1001 Yiddish Proverbs, by Fred Kogos (Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1970), 19.
Laughter is heard farther than weeping.
1001 Yiddish Proverbs, by Fred Kogos (Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1970), 13.
Worries are easier to bear with soup than without it.
1001 Yiddish Proverbs by Fred Kogos (Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1970), 137.
Were his word a bridge, it would be risky to pass over it.
1001 Yiddish Proverbs by Fred Kogos (Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1970), 127.
The sun shines brighter after a shower.
1001 Yiddish Proverbs by Fred Kogos (Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1970), 82.
When you sweep the house, you find everything.
1001 Yiddish Proverbs, by Fred Kogos (Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1970), 59.