"I never call my wife “wife”: I call her “home”—for it is she who makes my home." ~~ [adapted from] Talmud, Shabbat 118b
"The good is only felt by its lack." ~~ Melekhet Machashevet
"I became wiser from every teacher." ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 119:99
"Better a man that hides his folly than one who hides his wisdom! " ~~ Ben Sira 20:31
"Little children are a headache and big ones a heartache." ~~ Chananya Reichman
"There were 480 places of worship (Synagogues) in Jerusalem, and each one of them had a school for Scriptures (Bible) and a learning center for the Mishna (the oral law). " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Megilah 3
"As a torch is not diminished though it kindles a million candles, so will he not lose who gives to a good cause." ~~ Midrash Exodus Babbah
"The more distant and loftier the ideal, the greater its power to uplift the soul." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"Heart and eyes are brokers of the body. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.
"Happy the man that finds wisdom!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 3:13
"Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot." ~~ Groucho Marx
"A young tree bends, an old tree breaks." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
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