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Love is a taste of paradise.

Sholom Aleichem

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Sholom Aleichem
Age: 57 †
Born: 1859
Born: March 5
Died: 1916
Died: May 13
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Pereiaslavl
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich
Sholem Aleychem
Sholom Aleykhem
Paradise
Taste
Love

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The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
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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 kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats.
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Without love our life is ... a ship without a rudder ... like a body without a soul.
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A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.
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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.
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To make people laugh was almost a sickness with me.
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If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.
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I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.
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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.
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Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
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I never turn down a drink. Among friends it’s always appropriate. A man is only a man as they say, but brandy is still brandy. You’ll find that in the Talmud too.
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Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.
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If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place.
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Gossip is nature's telephone.
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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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