Jewish Quotations

"Just as precepts do not cancel one another out, so with bans." ~~ Talmud, Zevachim

"To hold the rope at both ends… [Playing both ends against the middle] " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.

"The humble shall inherit the earth." ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 37:11

"I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor. Rich is better." ~~ Sophie Tucker

"If you eat the fruit of the labor of your hands, you will be happy and prosperous." ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 128:2

"What is the true national education? That which makes children absorb the national spirit unconsciously." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 15:13

"Constant dripping wears away a stone. " ~~ Job (Iyov) 14:19

"Where there is a chance to act against Jews, the highly educated joins in the chorus of the low, illiterate mob." ~~ Amalie Taubels

"The man who disobeys his parents will have disobedient sons." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"There is no worse pride than his who flaunts his modesty. " ~~ Jacob Klatzkin

"When a divorced man marries a divorced woman, there are four opinions in the marriage-bed." ~~ Talmud, Pessachim