"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
"The sleeping cat doesn’t catch a rat." ~~ Abraham Ibn Ezra
"The way of the fool is right in his own eyes." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 12:15
"You cannot be a broom and remain clean." ~~ Traditional Proverb
"The husband is master of the home. . . if the wife is out-of-doors. " ~~ Traditional Proverb
"Because of war, old age creeps up on you. Of Joshua, after waging war with thirty-one kings, it is said: And Joshua became old and stricken in years." ~~ Tanchuma
"Proof cannot be got from fools." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"A prosecutor cannot become counsel for the defense." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"The merciful man does his own soul good." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 11:17
"There is no end to the goodness of the good wife, and none to the wickedness of a bad one." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"Who walks four cubits in the Land of Israel is certain of the next world." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity. " ~~ Marcel Proust
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