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> [I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/i-will-never-permit-myself-to-give-in-to-american-taste-and-lower-the/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

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## More by Sholom Aleichem

> [No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/no-one-knows-whom-the-shoe-pinches-no-one/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [“Nothing begets friendship so readily as trouble.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/nothing-begets-friendship-so-readily-as-trouble/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/playing-nuts-is-a-game-like-any-other-neither-better-than-tops-nor/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/one-cannot-live-on-potatoes-alone-it-is-said-that-one-wants-bread/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [A kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/a-kind-word-is-no-substitute-for-a-piece-of-herring-or-a-bag-of-oats/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [Love is a taste of paradise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/love-is-a-taste-of-paradise/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [Barking dogs don't bite, but they themselves don't know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/barking-dogs-don-t-bite-but-they-themselves-don-t-know-it/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [When you die, others who think they know you, will concoct things about you... Better pick up a pen and write it yourself, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/when-you-die-others-who-think-they-know-you-will-concoct-things-about/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [Without love our life is ... a ship without a rudder ... like a body without a soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/without-love-our-life-is-a-ship-without-a-rudder-like-a-body-without/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [“I mention her name and the old pain returns. Forget her, you say? How can you forget a living human being?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/i-mention-her-name-and-the-old-pain-returns-forget-her-you-say-how/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/a-cantor-when-he-starts-singing-it-s-like-rain-once-it-starts-it-s/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/a-bachelor-is-a-man-who-comes-to-work-each-morning-from-a-different/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/if-you-listen-carefully-you-get-to-hear-everything-you-didn-t-want-to/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/a-real-pleasure-is-a-pleasure-that-one-enjoys-by-one-s-self-without-a/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sholom-aleichem/it-is-an-old-custom-amongst-jewish-children-to-become-war-like-on-the/)

[Sholom Aleichem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sholom-aleichem/)

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