Books Archives - Jewish Quotations

"Even the best translation cannot render fully the exact meaning of the text." ~~ Moshe Mendelssohn

"There are words like lofty mountains, and words like yawning gulfs. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

"A people’s only national literature is the one written in its national language." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz

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"The good translation is, to a certain extent, an artistic work more difficult than the original. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

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"The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. " ~~ Benjamin Disraeli

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"Who is the person that bares his nakedness here and it is beheld everywhere? The man that writes something and errs in writing it." ~~ Yehuda Ben Tibbon

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"The shoe according to the foot and the style according to the contents." ~~ Reuven Breinin

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"We have books on morality enough and to spare, but so few men of morals. " ~~ Yosef Chaim Brenner

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"Literature is the safest key to a nation’s treasure. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

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"Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz

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"A good book is like a beautiful garden which you can carry in your hand." ~~ Chananya Reichman