Jewish Quotations

"No shopkeeper gets poor from small profits." ~~ Bim Arbolet Hachayim

"Bring up a child in the way he should go, and, when he is old, he will not depart from it. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 22:6

"Lend a man money when he needs it and pay back a loan yourself in time!" ~~ Ben Sira 29:2

"No one shoe can fit every foot." ~~ Shefatyah Ben Amitai

"A gathering of the wicked is an evil for them and an evil for the world." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin

"History has no time to be just…She keeps her eyes fixed on the victorious, and leaves the vanquished in the shadows." ~~ Stefan Zweig

"I don’t like those who are as “pure as snow”—for snow is not long white and pure, but soon turns muddy and soiled." ~~ (based on) The Riziner Rabbi

"A woman must not put on a man’s apparel, nor shall a man wear woman’s clothing. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 22:5

"Whoever adopts these principles belongs to Israel, regardless of his national or racial origin." ~~ Abraham Shalom Yahuda

"The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. " ~~ Henry Youngman

"Whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 29:27

"Who visits a sick friend lessens his pain a little." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim