"Just as you listen to the poor man, listen to the rich man, for it is written, “You shall not favor persons in judgment.”" ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan 20:22a
"Yeast, salt and recalcitrance are good only in small doses." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"Poverty can do a great deal and so can exile – – – so make allowances for the Jew when judging him. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"The Law is illumination." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 6:23
"Who commits adultery has no heart. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 6:32
"The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It’s “Nightline.” " ~~ Alan M. Dershowitz
"The force of a compromise is greater than of a judgment." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"If two did not like to, one would not quarrel. [It takes two to make a quarrel.]" ~~ Beth Haotzar
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man: that is the whole Law; all the rest is interpretation." ~~ Hillel
"Not in every hour is a man privileged to pay his debt." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Avoda Zara
"Who lends money to the needy free of interest is better than the giver of alms." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"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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