Jewish Wit and Wisdom
"The wise man, even when he holds his tongue,
says more than the fool when he speaks."
~~~ Yiddish Proverb
"First ask about your neighbors, then buy the house."
~~~~ Yiddish proverb
"What you don't see with your eyes,
don't invent with your mouth."
~~~~ Yiddish proverb
"A hero is someone who can keep his mouth shut when he is right."
~~~~ Yiddish Proverb
"One old friend is better than two new ones."
~~~ Yiddish Proverb
"One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't
good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of
the smartest grandchild in the world."
~~~~ Jewish Proverb
"Old friends, like old wines, don't lose their flavor."
~~~~ Jewish Proverb
"A wise man hears one word and understands two."
~~~~ Yiddish Proverb
"Don't be so humble - you are not that great."
- Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat
"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself."
- Golda Meir
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance
you must keep moving"
- Albert Einstein
When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the
German Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here I am.
If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show
them my suits."
- Albert Einstein
"Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them."
- Albert Einstein
"The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax."
- Albert Einstein
"You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
(Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton)
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and
not everything that can be counted counts."
- Albert Einstein
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking
we used when we created them."
- Albert Einstein
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten
everything he learned in school."
- Albert Einstein
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe."
- Albert Einstein
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