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"When is a poor man glad? When he loses something and finds it again." ~~ Yiddish/Ladino Proverb

"Where there are no men, try to be a man." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 2:6

"Wise men who are poor are all too often ignored." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 9:16

"Who hates the wise is banished from the world to come. " ~~ Derekh Eretz

"Freedom is the world of joy." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"Whatever has not happened in a thousand years may happen the next moment." ~~ Ladino Proverb

"The rightous among the Gentiles have a share in the world to come." ~~ Tosefta

"He who reproves men will get more thanks in the end than he who flatters them." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 28:23

"The desire of the wise is to learn, and of fools to teach." ~~ Mishle Assaf

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. " ~~ Henry Kissinger

"Don’t be humble. You’re not that great." ~~ Golda Meir

"Valiant man, whose heart is like that of a lion! " ~~ Second Samuel (Shmuel 2) 17:10