Proverbs at Internet Archive: Kogos

Here's a bilingual book of proverbs in both Yiddish and English: 1001 Yiddish Proverbs by Fred Kogos.

There's also a pronunciation guide for the Yiddish at the start of the book. Here's how the layout looks, with the Yiddish first, and then an English translation.

When you find a keyword you're interested in, you can always use Internet Archive's search feature too. So, for example, if you are curious to find more proverbs with horses, here they are:

Here are some of my favorites:

• Man thinks, and God laughs.
• A child's wisdom is also wisdom.
• One can't fill a torn sack.
• Another's cloak doesn't keep you warm.
• It's no crime to steal from a thief.
• A foolish rich man is still a lord.
• A bad peace is better than a good war.
• The wedding jester makes everyone laugh; he alone is miserable.
• A man should stay alive if only out of curiosity.
• A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.
• A curse is not a telegram; it doesn't arrive so fast.
• A fool makes two trips where the wise man makes none.
• An animal has a long tongue, yet he can't recite a blessing.
• A heart is a lock; you need the right key to find it.
• A wise man knows what he says; a fools says what he knows.
• It's a good idea to send a lazy man for the Angel of Death.
• A liar tells his story so often that he gets to believe it himself.
• Man is sometimes stronger than iron and at other times weaker than a fly.
• A rich man's fortune down and a poor man's fortune up: they are still not even.
• A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in a year.

Here's one I made into a slide in a World Proverbs slideshow:

Lots to enjoy here in both Yiddish and English!

1001 Yiddish Proverbs

by Fred Kogos