"Here lies a plain and simple Jew who……" — Sholom Aleichem
"Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose."
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31 Quotes by Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem has 31 quotes on this site.
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Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for…
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A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.
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Gossip is nature's telephone.
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The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
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They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence.
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When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to…
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A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.
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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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Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.
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No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.
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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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There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have…
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