"One does not send a comb as a gift to a bald man." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"If a wolf comes to kill you, you are not bound to pat its back." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"Make it your rule not to ask for yourself more than others give you!" ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"A dog which is not in its home-town does not bark." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"It is easiser, perhaps, to do good deeds than tell good stories." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"Many voices are not heard, but the barking which accompanies them is." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"If you change the language, you change the content." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"There are two kinds of speakers: one that we know in advance all that he is going to say and the other that even after he finishes his speech one does not know what he said." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"Eating without drinking is like an undressed wound." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon