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"To learn from the young is to eat unripe fruit and drink new wine; to learn from the old is to eat ripe fruit and drink old wine." ~~ (based on) Sayings of the Fathers 4:28

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"It is wise to work as well as study Torah; between the two, you will forget to sin." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 2:2

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"Pray for political stability, for if not for fear of the government men would swallow each other alive." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 3:1

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"Condemn no man and consider nothing impossible, for there is no man who does not have his hour." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:6

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"When two men sit together and fail to discuss Torah—lo! there is the seat of the scornful. But when two men do discuss Torah, the Holy Spirit rests on them." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:2

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"He who fulfills the Torah amidst his poverty will in the end fulfill it amidst wealth; he who neglects the Torah amidst wealth will in the end neglect it amidst poverty." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:9

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"The sons of sages are not always sages—so that no one can think Torah is inherited, and so that the sages’ sons do not hold themselves superior to others." ~~ (adapted from) Sayings of the Fathers 2:12

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"The only free man is he who engages in the study of Torah." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:9

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"I grew up among wise men and learned that nothing is better than silence." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 1:17

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"Where there is no Torah there is no good conduct, and where there is no good conduct there can be no Torah." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:17

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"The reward of a mitzva? Another mitzva!" ~~ Sayings of the Fathers

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"Good men are hard to provoke and easy to calm." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 4:21

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