"The first man knew it not perfectly, neither will the last search it thoroughly; for its understanding is wider than the sea and its counsel deeper than the abyss. [Torah] " ~~ Ben Sira 24: 28,29
"Question a friend: perhaps he did not say what you think, or if he did, so that he will not say it again." ~~ Ben Sira
"Be not boastful in your speech! " ~~ Ben Sira 4:32
"Who travels knows much." ~~ Ben Sira
"A day’s happiness makes misfortune forgotten and a day’s misfortune is the oblivion of happiness." ~~ Ben Sira 11:25
"Rather a slip of the foot than a slip of the tongue. " ~~ Ben Sira 20:18
"Whoso casts a stone at a bird will frighten it away; and whoso abuses a friend will estrange affection." ~~ Ben Sira 22:23
"Do not accustom your lips to utter oaths!" ~~ Ben Sira 23:9
"Forsake not an old friend, for the new one is not his peer! A new friend is as new wine: when it is old, you shall drink it with pleasure." ~~ Ben Sira 9:10
"Envy not a wicked man, for you know not what his end will be!" ~~ Ben Sira 9:11
"Better healthy and poor than rich and poorly." ~~ Ben Sira 30:14
"Shame not the old: we shall all be numbered among them." ~~ Ben Sira 8:6
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