Isaac Leib Peretz Quote

Nobody ever stubs his toe against a mountain. It's the little temptations that bring a man down.


All for a Pinch of Snuff, c. 1910. Quoted in M. Samuel. Prince of the Ghetto. Alfred A. Knopf, 1948, p. 64.


Nobody ever stubs his toe against a mountain. It's the little temptations that bring a man down.

Nobody ever stubs his toe against a mountain. It's the little temptations that bring a man down.

Nobody ever stubs his toe against a mountain. It's the little temptations that bring a man down.

Nobody ever stubs his toe against a mountain. It's the little temptations that bring a man down.