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.
In this world it is very dangerous to be weak. - I. L. Peretz
In this world it is very dangerous to be weak.
- I. L. Peretz
A heap of bricks is not yet a house. - I. L. Peretz
A heap of bricks is not yet a house.
[About Jews] Among other nations, the vital problems are: a good crop, extension of the boundaries, strong armies, colonies; among us, if we wish to … - I. L. Peretz
[About Jews] Among other nations, the vital problems are: a good crop, extension of the boundaries, strong armies, colonies; among us, if we wish to …
Many refined people will not kill a fly, but eat an ox. - I. L. Peretz
Many refined people will not kill a fly, but eat an ox.
If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool. - I. L. Peretz
If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool.
In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might makes right"! - I. L. Peretz
In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might makes right"!
Prosperity may be found in small as in big business. - I. L. Peretz
Prosperity may be found in small as in big business.
[About Jews] By nature we are like all other human beings, yet our people is unlike others, because our life is different, our history is different, … - I. L. Peretz
[About Jews] By nature we are like all other human beings, yet our people is unlike others, because our life is different, our history is different, …
Time is change, transformation, evolution. - I. L. Peretz
Time is change, transformation, evolution.
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