Wisdom

"Happiness will give you courage." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

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"One must behave before men as one must before God." ~~ Sheqalim

Filed under: Manners, Sheqalim, Wisdom

"There is one moral duty which your moralists underrate criminally: the duty to enjoy the world which God created." ~~ Klatzkin

Filed under: Klatzkin, Life, Wisdom

"Looks explain words." ~~ [adapted from] Moses Ibn Ezra

Filed under: Lashon Harah/Gossip, Moses Ibn Ezra, Wisdom

"Man is capable of perfection---because of the power of reasoning, which God gave him." ~~ Maimonides, Guide to the Perplexed 1:2

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"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

"A good day makes us forget a bad one, and the other way round." ~~ Tanna Deve Eliyahu R.

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"Not all souls are alike." ~~ Moshe Cordoviero

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"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot. " ~~ Groucho Marx

Filed under: Groucho Marx, Humor, Wisdom

"We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer

Filed under: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Wisdom

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