Great Throughts Treasury

"A story without a moral is like a meal without a sweet dish."

"A strange fool is a laughing stock; your own-a shame."

"A strange fool is laughable, but your own fool is shameful."

"A snake deserves no pity."

"A superfluous word has no place."

"A tavern can't corrupt a good man, and a synagogue can't reform a bad one."

"A trade makes you a king but robs you of leisure."

"A trick is clever only once."

"A tree doesn't fall with one blow."

"A thief with connections is not self-conscious."

"A wicked tongue is worse than an evil hand."

"A whole fool is half a prophet."

"A wise man conceals his intelligence; the fool displays his foolishness."

"A wise man knows what he says, a fool says what he knows."

"A wise man hears one word and understands two."

"A word helps a good person; but even a stick can?t help the bad."

"A word less, as long as it?s the truth."

"A word and an arrow in this are alike- they both fly apace their target to strike."

"A word to the good is enough, but even a stick won?t help the bad."

"A word is like an arrow?both are in a hurry to strike."

"A young wife is like a pretty bird - you have to keep her in a cage."

"A young child should be named after him."

"A young tree bends; an old tree breaks."

"After a good cry, your heart is lighter."

"After the wedding it?s too late to have regrets."

"After death one becomes important."

"Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless."

"Ah, I?m getting tired (lit., oh my, I?m not getting good)."

"All brides are beautiful; all the dead are pious."

"All in one (person) is to be found in no one."

"Aimless wandering (lit., he wanders around like a fart in a pickle-barrel)."

"All his teeth should fall out except one to make him suffer."

"All fight for a piece of bread."

"All is not butter that comes from a cow."

"All of life is a war."

"All of life is a struggle."

"All or nothing."

"All of us are crazy in one way or another."

"All shoemakers go barefoot."

"All problems I have in my heart, should go to his head."

"All things grow with time -- except grief."

"All spruced up (lit., like Chavele on her way to her divorce)."

"All the world is on the tip of the tongue."

"All signs are misleading."

"All women are heirs to Mother Eve."

"An animal has a long tongue, yet he can?t recite a blessing."

"All that glitters is not gold."

"An ass is recognized by his long ears, a fool by his long tongue."

"An embittered heart talks a lot."

"An empty barrel reverberates loudly."