All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'
- S. Ansky
Expert, Himself, Proverbs, Recite
When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppressed, the working masses, and it seemed to me, mistakenly, that I would not find them among the Jews.
- S. Ansky
Work, Stepped, Seemed, Mistakenly
A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is torn; he lives on two streets with three languages. It is a misfortune to live on this sort of 'border,' and that is what I have experienced.
- S. Ansky
Fate, Border, Torn, Experienced
Bearing an eternal longing for Jewishness, I threw myself in all directions and left to work for another people. I am not one of those lucky ones raised in their own environment, whose work is normal.
- S. Ansky
Lucky, Own, Another, Directions
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