"Yiddish, the language which will ever bear witness to the violence and murder inflicted on us, bear the marks of our expulsions from land to land, the language which absorbed the wails of the fathers, the laments of the generations, the poison and bitterness of history, the language whose precious jewels are the undried, uncongealed Jewish tears."

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Source : "Manginot HaZman" by I. L. Peretz, 1886.

I. L. Peretz

#Father Quotes #Jewels Quotes #Land Quotes

“If the mother can't break the attachment, they say that the baby can't leave this world. For him to be happy in a good place you must send the child that you must send... and you must live.”
“Woman's nudity is wiser than the philosopher's teachings.”
“No person of quality ever remembers social restrictions save when considering how most piquantly to break them.”
“All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”

Source : Revelations of Divine Love ch. 27 (ca. 1380)
“Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.”
“Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.”
“The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.”
“I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.”

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