"The adulterer and the adulteress have surely broken all Ten Commandments. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.
"Who performs one precept gains one advocate for himself." ~~ Avot 4:11
"Quarrel not with a great man, lest you be compelled to give way, or with a stronger, lest you fall into his hands." ~~ Ben Sira 8:1
"Do not bar your door to borrowers!" ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"A person is judged only by his acts at the time." ~~ Talmud, Rosh Hashana
"If a man break a light precept, he will end by breaking a grave one." ~~ Sifre
"Give every man the benefit of the doubt." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 1:7
"Who pleads after the verdict pleads nothing. [It’s too late to plead once a sentence is pronounced.] " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
"To arbitrate is to temper justice with charity." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"If you see a generation drowning in a sea of troubles, go forth and consider what the judges of Israel do!" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 24:16
"Help the poor, for you may not know what the day will bring forth, and the wheel revolves!" ~~ N. Amram
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