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Isaac Bashevis Singer, born on November 21, 1902 in Poland and died on July 24, 1991, was an outstanding Jewish American author. His works are renowned for their vivid portrayal of the lives and experiences of Eastern European Jews, and he has won widespread acclaim for his unique narrative style and profound humanistic concerns.

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“All that God does is for the good.”

Doe God Good God

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“In God's mill even chaff becomes flour.”

God Mills Flour

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.”

Men Helping Lying Found Grain Falsehood

Book:Collected Stories: Gimpel the Fool to the Letter Writer

Source: Collected Stories: Gimpel the Fool to the Letter Writer

“It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil. You are not a fool. They are the fools. For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses Paradise himself.”

Feels Evil Causes Hours Loses Written Fool Morality Shame Neighbor Paradise One Hour

Book:Collected Stories: Gimpel the Fool to the Letter Writer

Source: Collected Stories: Gimpel the Fool to the Letter Writer

“Each soul must accomplish its task, or it would not have been sent here.”

Has Beens Soul Purpose Tasks Accomplish

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“Man is a disgusting thing. If you beat him he starts to scream, but if it is the other one who is beaten, then he constructs a theory.”

Ifs Men Theory Beats Scream Disgusting Beaten Constructs

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About the Author

Born: November 21, 1902
Died: July 24, 1991
Known for: Author
Quotes: 156

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