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"Who is a hero? He that masters his lusts!" ~~ Avot 4:1

"Little troubles are really not so bad—for someone else." ~~ Shalom Aleichem

"Ideas are duty-free." ~~ Leopold Zunz

"The ears are the gateway to the mind." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra

"It is easier to destroy than to build." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"One should not try to find any logic in a legend." ~~ Rambam

"What is the straight way a man should choose? That which does him honor and wins him the esteem of men." ~~ Avot 2:1

"To transmit wisdom to the unworthy is lilke throwing pearls before swine." ~~ Ibn Ezra

"The pious man is most perfect in virtues and wisdom." ~~ Y,. Abuhav

"Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price." ~~ Moses Ibn Ezra

"The language of man is not only a means to express ideas but in itself a creation. " ~~ Yosef Chaim Brenner

"It is a duty to say what should be heard, and a duty not to say what should not be heard." ~~ Talmud, Yebamot 65b