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Sholom Aleichem [1859-1916] Russian

Rank: 101
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Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a leading Yiddish author and playwright. The musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on his stories about Tevye the Dairyman, was the first commercially successful English-language stage production about Jewish life in Eastern Europe.

Best, Food, Life, Morning, Nature, War, Work

Quote	Tags	Rank
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.	Life	101
A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.	Morning, Work	102
You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.		103
Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on his shoulders. On the two first nights of Passover, Elijah the Prophet goes about looking for those who have fallen asleep at the Seder, and takes them away in his bag.		104
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 swords, pop-guns and bows and arrows. They take food with them, and go off to wage war.	Food, War	105
A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.		106
When you die, others who think they know you, will concoct things about you... Better pick up a pen and write it yourself, for you know yourself best.	Best	107
Gossip is nature's telephone.	Nature	108
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.		109
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.		110
Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose.		111
To go to the synagogue with one's father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one's friends? Then the prayers themselves - the first Festival evening prayer and blessing.		112
There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a moment's thought to anything, and comprehend everything. 'Blessed hands' is the name bestowed on these fortunate beings. The world envies, honours and respects them.		113
They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence.		114
No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.		115
Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are 'holes' and 'bank' and 'caps.' But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow.		116
When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?		117
When the heart is full, the eyes overflow.		118
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 stick, and goes through the village in search of business.		119
I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.		120
Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.		121
A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.		122
If somebody tells you that you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you so, buy yourself a saddle.		123

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