If You Listen Carefully, You Get To

You See How It Is, My Dear Friends. There's No Pleasing Everyone. It's Hopeless To Even Try, And The More You Play The Peacemaker, The Less Peaceful Things Become.

If Somebody Tells You You Have Ears Like A Donkey, Pay No Attention. But If Two People Tell You, Buy Yourself A Saddle.

A Wise Word Is Not A Substitute For A Piece Of Herring.

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.

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.