Quote#Wisdom
No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever…
Quote byIsrael Zangwill · 1864–1926
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Children of the Ghetto (1892), bk. 1, ch. 7..
English (original)
No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man.
— Israel Zangwill
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