"If a wolf comes to kill you, you are not bound to pat its back." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"What is the meaning of “you shall die and not live” (Second Kings 20:2)? You shall die in this world and not live in the next. " ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"One Jew sins and all Jews suffer. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
"It is beyond man’s power to explain the prosperity of the wicked, or the troubles of the good." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:16
"A half-truth is a whole lie." ~~ Yochanan Tversky
"The portion of the Lord is his people." ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 32:9
"Honor and shame are in the power of the tongue. " ~~ Ben Sira 5:15
"Rather death than dishonor." ~~ Toldot Yitzchak
"To break the barrel and keep its wine. [You cannot eat your cake and have it.]" ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"Dreams are like a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul." ~~ Erich Fromm
"Woe to him that builds mansions for the body and not for the soul." ~~ A. Hacohen
"Moses died. . .who, then, will not?" ~~ Piyut
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