"If you are a man of the sword, you can’t claim to be a man of the book; and if you are a man of the book, you will not be a man of the sword." ~~ Talmud, Avodah Zarah 17b
"When the president enters, all rise and none sits until he says: “Be seated!”" ~~ Talmud, Horayot
"Come, see how great the power of slander! How do we know? From the story of the spies that went into the Promised Land." ~~ Talmud Arakhim
"To promote peace, we support the poor of the heathen, visit their sick and bury their dead, along with the poor, the sick, and the dead of Israel." ~~ Talmud: Gittin
"A man is led the way he wishes to follow." ~~ Talmud, Makkoth 10b
"To rob one’s fellow of a penny may be as bad as robbing him of his life. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Kamma, 119a
"Study is worth as much as ritual sacrifice." ~~ (adapted from) Talmud, Menahot 110a
"A man should eat and drink less than he can afford to, dress as well and as much as he can afford to, and lavish more on his wife. " ~~ Talmud, Chullin
"Press not your friend to dine with you when you know that he dines not, nor offer him many gifts when you know that he accepts them not! " ~~ Talmud, Chullin
"Hospitality to wayfarers is greater than welcoming the Shekina. " ~~ Talmud, Sabbath
"Respect an old man who has lost his learning: remember that the fragments of the Tablets broken by Moses were preserved alongside the new." ~~ Talmud: Berakot 8b
"The ignorant think less clearly as they grow older; scholars think more clearly as they age." ~~ Talmud, Kinnin
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