Jewish Quotations

"You should not train a dog unless it is fastened by a chain." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma

"When a life is at stake, one must not follow the majority." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"A man with a perverse tongue falls into calamity. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 17:20

"No pupil will attend to his lessons property unless he respects his teacher." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"The air of the Land of Israel makes one wise. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra

"Never refuse to lend books to a man who has not the money to buy them for himself- – -if you are sure he will return them!" ~~ Yehuda Ben Tibbon

"People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes? " ~~ Neil Simon

"I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on. " ~~ Oscar Levant

"A town without schoolchildren is doomed to destruction." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"A man must repeat the lesson until his pupil has learnt it." ~~ Talmud, Eiruvin

"See not evil in others and good in yourself, but the good in the other and the failings in yourself." ~~ The Berdichever Rabbi

"The nature of the community is but the sum-total of what their is in the individuals." ~~ Yitzchak Levi Satanov