"Thought is nobler than words, because it guides them." ~~ The Mezeritzer Rabbi
"The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl. " ~~ Tosefta: Ketubot
"Time wounds all heels. " ~~ Groucho Marx
"In teaching, do not favor the children of the rich—and teach the children of the poor without compensation." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit 24B
"The best of poems is that which men of intelligence are content with and the people understand." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"Drunk but not of wine—that is a man in his youth." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Whether women are better than men I cannot say— but they are certainly no worse. " ~~ Golda Meir
"The bride with beautiful eyes need not worry about her figure." ~~ Talmud: Berakot, 54b
"Happy is he who performs a good deed: for he may tip the scales for himself and the world." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin
"The talebearer destroys three persons: himself, the listener and the victim." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"Don’t threaten a child: either punish him or forgive him." ~~ Talmud
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