"No one lifts a finger on earth unless it is so decreed in heaven." ~~ Talmud, Chullin
"All dishes need salt, but not all need spices." ~~ Talmud, Beitza
"What neither fire nor water can consume, false testimony can." ~~ Talmud, Shevuot
"If a great man says something that seems illogical, don’t laugh; try to understand it." ~~ Talmud, Berakot 19b
"Even if a man is a rabbi, when his father enters, the son must rise [in the presence of his pupils]." ~~ Talmud, Horayot 13b
"Weep for the mourners and not for the dead, for he is gone to his rest and we are left to lament." ~~ Talmud, Mo’ed Qatan
"If you are a man of the sword, you can’t claim to be a man of the book; and if you are a man of the book, you will not be a man of the sword." ~~ Talmud, Avodah Zarah 17b
"When the president enters, all rise and none sits until he says: “Be seated!”" ~~ Talmud, Horayot
"Come, see how great the power of slander! How do we know? From the story of the spies that went into the Promised Land." ~~ Talmud Arakhim
"To promote peace, we support the poor of the heathen, visit their sick and bury their dead, along with the poor, the sick, and the dead of Israel." ~~ Talmud: Gittin
"A man is led the way he wishes to follow." ~~ Talmud, Makkoth 10b
"To rob one’s fellow of a penny may be as bad as robbing him of his life. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Kamma, 119a
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