War

"When you cannot cut off your enemy's hand, kiss it and make friends with him!" ~~ No'am Hamiddot

Filed under: No'am Hamiddot, Peace, War, Wisdom

"Because of war, old age creeps up on you. Of Joshua, after waging war with thirty-one kings, it is said: And Joshua became old and stricken in years." ~~ Tanchuma

Filed under: Golden Years, Tanchuma, War

"Your enemy's enemy is your friend." ~~ Ladino Proverb

Filed under: Ladino Proverb, War, Wisdom

"Who behaves as a sheep is devoured by the wolf." ~~ Mincha Chadasha

Filed under: Mincha Chadasha, War, Wisdom

"Rejoice not when your enemy falls and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles! " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 24:17

Filed under: Proverbs, War, Wisdom

"Even on the threshold of war, we [Jews] are bidden to begin in no other way than with peace, for it is written: "When you draw near a city to fight, first offer it peace."" ~~ Midrash Leviticus R. 9

Filed under: Midrash, Peace, War

"To start a revolution is not hard; to end it well and launch a peaceful economy is beyond our powers. " ~~ Yosef Chaim Brenner

Filed under: Government, Peace, War, Yosef Chaim Brenner

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha'yahu) 2:4

Filed under: Isaiah, War

"In a war of defense everyone comes out to fight, even the groom from his chamber and the bride from her bed." ~~ Sota 8:7

Filed under: Sota, War

"It is the way of a man to wage war, not the way of a woman." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin

Filed under: Talmud, Kiddushin, War, Women

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