"It is nobler to visit a house of mourning than a house of feasting." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 2
"Being ashamed of oneself is not like being ashamed of others." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 4:23
"Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage." ~~ Benjamin Disraeli
"Where there is no wine, drugs are necessary." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra 58b
"Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word “collectible” as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"Great is the pain of bringing up sons, and greater of bringing up daughters." ~~ Shalom Aleichem
"Godfearingness will keep you far from sin." ~~ Ben Sira 1:21
"No labor, however humble, dishonors a man." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim 49b
"Literature is the safest key to a nation’s treasure. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"If a poor man asks for alms, and you have nothing to give, console him with words; for it is forbidden to chastise a poor man or raise your voice against him, since his heart is broken." ~~ Maimonides
"Who declines to endow a scholar with his worldly goods will see no blessing." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
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