[About Jews] By nature we are like all other human beings, yet our people is unlike others, because our life is different, our history is different, our teacher is the Exile. — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might makes right"! — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
[About Jews] Sheer egotism compels us to the purest love of mankind as a whole.... Our hearts are like a sponge, receptive to all… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
“No one in our town ever really died, because no one in our town ever lived, or did good or evil. We had no… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
At the Throne of Glory it is not the nobly-born that are beloved, but the nobly-risen. — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
[About Jews] By nature we are like all other human beings, yet our people is unlike others, because our life is different, our history… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
Yiddish, the language which will ever bear witness to the violence and murder inflicted on us, bear the marks of our expulsions from land… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool. — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
[About Jews] Among other nations, the vital problems are: a good crop, extension of the boundaries, strong armies, colonies; among us, if we wish… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
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