"One does not send a comb as a gift to a bald man." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one’s identity." ~~ Erich Fromm
"You cannot draw water from a dry well." ~~ T. Shapira
"Words are like bodies; meanings are like souls." ~~ Moses Ibn Ezra
"If a great man says something that seems illogical, don’t laugh; try to understand it." ~~ Talmud, Berakot 19b
"The heart fathoms what the eye sees not and the ear hears not." ~~ N. Amram
"It is easier to be wise for others than for oneself." ~~ Jacob Klatzkin
"To appraise an artist’s achievement, there are thousands of words in our lexicon, but the most convincing is the little phrase “We liked it!”" ~~ Chananya Reichman
"Two voices cannot enter one ear." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Megillah
"Who eats fat sleeps in the attic; who eats greens may sleep on a dunghill unafraid." ~~ Talmud, Pessachim
"Let’s have some new cliches." ~~ Samuel Goldwyn
"Drunk but not of wine—that is a man in his youth." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
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