"Children ask better questions than adults. “May I have a cookie?” “Why is the sky blue?” and “What does a cow say?” are far more likely to elicit a cheerful response than “Where’s your manuscript?” Why haven’t you called?” and “Who’s your lawyer?” " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing. " ~~ Bette Midler
"The fewer a man’s words, the fewer his mistakes. " ~~ Ibn Gabirol
"The Jews are a sponge that soaks up all the afflictions and troubles on the face of the earth." ~~ Leon of Modena
"Come let us wipe them out as a nation, let the name of Israel be remembered no more! " ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 83:5
"No master is jealous of his pupil." ~~ Psikta Zotarti
"The eye of the needle is not too narrow for two friends and the vastness of the world not enough for two enemies." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"Who answers Amen is greater than the suppliant." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"A scholar who abandons study is like ‘a bird that strays from the nest.’" ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"Say little and do much!" ~~ Avot 1:15
"Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate you. Rebuke a wise man and he will love you!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 9:8
"Press not your friend to dine with you when you know that he dines not, nor offer him many gifts when you know that he accepts them not! " ~~ Talmud, Chullin
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