“Who is wise? One who learns from all.”
אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם, הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם
Text: Torat Emet via Sefaria (public domain)
“Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.”
אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם, הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל אָדָם
Text: Torat Emet via Sefaria (public domain)
“This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.”
כך עונשו של בדאי שאפילו אמר אמת אין שומעין לו
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“Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure.”
כָּל שֶׁמַּעֲשָׂיו מְרֻבִּין מֵחָכְמָתוֹ, חָכְמָתוֹ מִתְקַיֶּמֶת. וְכָל שֶׁחָכְמָתוֹ מְרֻבָּה מִמַּעֲשָׂיו, אֵין חָכְמָתוֹ מִתְקַיֶּמֶת
Text: Torat Emet via Sefaria (public domain)
“No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.”
גדולה מלאכה שמכבדת את בעליה
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“The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.”
תכלית חכמה תשובה ומעשים טובים
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“The burden is equal to the horse's strength.”
לפום גמלא שיחנא
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“When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.”
שכל המלמד את בנו תורה מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו למדו לו ולבנו ולבן בנו
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“Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.”
יֶצֶר הָרַע שֶׁרֹאשׁוֹ מָתוֹק וְסוֹפוֹ מַר
Text: Jerusalem Talmud, ed. Heinrich W. Guggenheimer, via Sefaria (CC-BY)
“Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.”
וֶהֱוֵי זָנָב לָאֲרָיוֹת, וְאַל תְּהִי רֹאשׁ לַשּׁוּעָלִים
Text: Torat Emet via Sefaria (public domain)
“Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.”
מה דגים שבים כיון שעולין ליבשה מיד מתים אף בני אדם כיון שפורשין מדברי תורה ומן המצות מיד מתים
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“Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.”
חברך חברא אית ליה וחברא דחברך חברא אית ליה
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“If one man says to thee, ''Thou art a donkey,'' pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.”
חברך קרייך חמרא אוכפא לגביך מוש
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“A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.”
עָתִיד אָדָם לִיתֵּן דִּין וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן עַל כָּל מַה שֶׁרָאָת עֵינוֹ וְלֹא אָכַל
Text: Jerusalem Talmud, ed. Heinrich W. Guggenheimer, via Sefaria (CC-BY)
“Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scripture declares him twice-blessed.”
גדול הנהנה מיגיעו יותר מירא שמים
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“The sun will set without thy assistance.”
“The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.”
“A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.”
“Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.”
“Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.”
אין לך כל עשב ועשב, שאין לו מזל ברקיע, שמכה אותו ואומר לו גדל
Text: Daat Bereshit Rabbah via Sefaria (Public Domain)
“Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.”
שְׁלֹשָׁה אֲהוּבִים יֵשׁ לוֹ לָאָדָם בְּחַיָּיו, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: בָּנָיו וּבְנֵי בֵיתוֹ וּמָמוֹנוֹ וּמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים
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