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> [People's talk and the stories they tell have been engraved on my heart, and some of them have flown into my pen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/people-s-talk-and-the-stories-they-tell-have-been-engraved-on-my/)

[Shmuel Yosef Agnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shmuel-yosef-agnon/)

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## More by Shmuel Yosef Agnon

> [It is not enough for a man to dwell in the Land of Israel, he must also pray to be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/it-is-not-enough-for-a-man-to-dwell-in-the-land-of-israel-he-must/)

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> [Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. If we eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/our-sages-of-blessed-memory-have-said-that-we-must-not-enjoy-any/)

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> [Sometimes small things lead to great joys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/sometimes-small-things-lead-to-great-joys/)

[Shmuel Yosef Agnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shmuel-yosef-agnon/)

> [Who were my mentors in poetry and literature? This is a matter of opinion. Some see in my books the influences of authors whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/who-were-my-mentors-in-poetry-and-literature-this-is-a-matter-of/)

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> [I am generally ashamed to walk out in new clothes. And why am I ashamed? Is it because I don't want to embarrass the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/i-am-generally-ashamed-to-walk-out-in-new-clothes-and-why-am-i/)

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> [If I am proud of anything, it is that I have been granted the privilege of living in the land which God promised our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/if-i-am-proud-of-anything-it-is-that-i-have-been-granted-the/)

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> [Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/our-days-on-earth-are-like-a-shadow-and-the-time-of-our-affliction-is/)

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> [When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/when-i-first-began-to-combine-letters-other-than-hebrew-i-read-every/)

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> [The fate of the singers who, like my songs, went up in flame was also the fate of the books which I later wrote.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/the-fate-of-the-singers-who-like-my-songs-went-up-in-flame-was-also/)

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> [Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/not-every-man-remembers-the-name-of-the-cow-which-supplied-him-with/)

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> [But perhaps the truth newly discovered is itself only temporary and when new discoveries are made these truths too will be abandoned. But one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/but-perhaps-the-truth-newly-discovered-is-itself-only-temporary-and/)

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> [But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/but-always-i-regarded-myself-as-one-who-was-born-in-jerusalem/)

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> [I have also written a book about the Giving of the Torah, and a book on the Days of Awe, and a book on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/i-have-also-written-a-book-about-the-giving-of-the-torah-and-a-book/)

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> [God in heaven sits on high and plays games with us. He has plenty to do up there, what with building worlds and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/god-in-heaven-sits-on-high-and-plays-games-with-us-he-has-plenty-to/)

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> [I was five years old when I wrote my first song. It was out of longing for my father that I wrote it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuel-yosef-agnon/i-was-five-years-old-when-i-wrote-my-first-song-it-was-out-of-longing/)

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