"Flee from a sin as from a snake, for if you draw nigh it will bite you! " ~~ Ben Sira 21:2
"This book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night." ~~ Joshua (Yehoshua) 1:8
"The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives, and supply its own needs." ~~ Max Nordau
"Just as a small log may set fire to a large one, so do smaller scholars sharpen the wits of sages." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"None is poor save him that lacks knowledge." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim
"Thought is nobler than words, because it guides them." ~~ The Mezeritzer Rabbi
"The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl. " ~~ Tosefta: Ketubot
"Time wounds all heels. " ~~ Groucho Marx
"In teaching, do not favor the children of the rich—and teach the children of the poor without compensation." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit 24B
"The best of poems is that which men of intelligence are content with and the people understand." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
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