Jewish Quotations

"Teaching an unworthy student is like worshiping idols." ~~ Simeon b. Eleazar

"A long life, a short life – – -what matters it? What is important is that it be a life of beauty." ~~ Max Nordau

"Denial of sin is double sin." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book. " ~~ Groucho Marx

"Even if all other festivals vanish, not so the Day of Atonement." ~~ Safra

"This people is for peace and for health in a land full of fevers." ~~ Jessee Sampter

"Death is the end of all troubles." ~~ Midbar Yehuda

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

"When people praise you for virtues you have not, take heed and rejoice not!" ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"If two did not like to, one would not quarrel. [It takes two to make a quarrel.]" ~~ Beth Haotzar

"When a divorced man marries a divorced woman, there are four opinions in the marriage-bed." ~~ Talmud, Pessachim

"It is cruel not to forgive one who begs for forgiveness." ~~ Rashi