Top 23 Quotes by Sholom Aleichem

About Sholom Aleichem

These are some quotes by Russian author Sholom Aleichem Writer, who lived between March 2, 1859 and May 13, 1916.

A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.

A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.

Sholom Aleichem

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

Sholom Aleichem

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.

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.

Sholom Aleichem

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

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 stick, and goes through the village in search of business.

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.

Sholom Aleichem

A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.

A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.

Sholom Aleichem

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

Sholom Aleichem

No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.

No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.

Sholom Aleichem

Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.

Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.

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 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.

Sholom Aleichem

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