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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. " ~~ Albert Einstein

"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you, too, be like him! " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 26:4

"Men make mistakes not because they think they know when they do not know, but because they think others do not know." ~~ Shalom Aleichem

"A carpenter without tools is no carpenter." ~~ Midrash, Exodus R. 40:1

"Good men promise little and perform much; wicked men promise much and perform nothing." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim 21b

"He who sees everything sees nothing." ~~ Abraham Shlonsky

"The cautious man will reach his goal." ~~ Immanuel Ben Shlomo

"One must behave before men as one must before God." ~~ Sheqalim

"The greatest happiness is to do our duty, and our foremost duty is to reach the place we can. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

"The man who puts his talents to selfish uses commits spiritual suicide." ~~ (adapted from) Hillel in Sayings of the Fathers 1:13

"Wisdom is God’s power in action; for without it, everything is but theory." ~~ The Mezeritzer Rabbi

"Weep before God and laugh before people!" ~~ Yiddish Proverb