Manners Archives - Jewish Quotations

"In the midst of a discourse, speak not." ~~ Apocrypha: Ben Sira

"Do not dishonor the old: we shall all be numbered among them." ~~ Ben Sira

"A man who does not want to buy should not say to a vendor: “How much does this thing cost?”" ~~ Derekh Eretz

"The junior may not sit down until the senior says: Be seated!" ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Ketubot

"If a great man said it, do not laugh at it!" ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"Without manners no Torah, without Torah no manners." ~~ Eleazar b. Azariah, Mishna: Avot

"If a guest enters your home, ask him no quesitons of the Torah unless you know that he can answer! " ~~ Sefer Chassidim

"Who respects the elderly is as if he respects the Lord." ~~ Alphabet of Ben Sira

"Insulting one’s senior is not the same as insulting one’s junior." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"The test of good manners: to bear patiently with bad ones." ~~ Ibn Gabirol

"Be first in greeting every man!" ~~ Avot 4:15

"Who welcomes his friend with a smile is as one giving him the finest gifts in the world." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan