"No punishment should be meted out without previous warning." ~~ Sifre
"Who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 19:17
"Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks." ~~ Ruth Westheimer
"Happy the man who is above his sins and not the other way round. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"Myrtle is sweet to the one who smells it, but bitter to the one who bites it; so Israel brings prosperity to those who grant it kindness, and depression to those who afflict it with evil." ~~ Midrash Esther R. 6:5
"The School of Shammai says: A man may not divorce his wife unless he has found unchastity in her. . .The School of Hillel says: He may divorce her even if she spoiled a dish for him . . .Rabbi Akiva says: Even if he found a fairer woman. " ~~ Gittin 9:10
"Wise men who are poor are all too often ignored." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 9:16
"Spend your money on expensive books and you will get their worth in golden knowledge." ~~ Ben Shlomo Immanuel
"When you whitewash your home, leave a small patch bare to remind you of the Temple’s destruction! [Tisha B”Av] " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"Who hates the wise is banished from the world to come. " ~~ Derekh Eretz
"It is hard to raise sons; and much harder to raise daughters." ~~ Shalom Aleichem
"The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. " ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 92:12
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