"The man who intends to lie will look for witnesses from afar." ~~ Judah Asheri
"We should be grateful for the rogues among the poor; were it not for them, we would sin each time we ignore an appeal. " ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"There is always hope for the man who is capable of being ashamed." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim 20a
"Repentance and good deeds are a man’s best lawyer." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"If the evil inclination tells you: Sin and God will pardon!- – -believe it not!" ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"Who has not savored sin has not been qualified for saintliness. " ~~ Jacob Klatzkin
"Just as it is forbidden to permit that which is prohibited, so it is forbidden to prohibit that which should be permitted." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Terumot 5:3
"Great the man whose sins are few. " ~~ Yehuda Halevi
"Who is wont to take false oaths is like an idolater. " ~~ Tanna Deve Eliyahu R.
"There is a type of meekness that brings a man to Gehenna: for instance, the judge who knows that other judges made an error, but says, “Shall I put them to shame?”…Or the man who hears a congregation speak falsely and says, “Who am I to correct them?”… there is a kind of humility which is not righteousness." ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"Who says, “I shall sin and repent, I shall sin and repent”, repentance will not be vouchsafed him." ~~ Talmud, Yoma
"A thief is better than a liar, but they are both doomed." ~~ Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus 20:25
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