Jewish Quotations

"A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred flailings into a fool." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 17:10

"In a war stay where you are, in famine shift your ground!" ~~ Sifre

"To start a revolution is not hard; to end it well and launch a peaceful economy is beyond our powers. " ~~ Yosef Chaim Brenner

"Help the poor, for you may not know what the day will bring forth, and the wheel revolves!" ~~ N. Amram

"The prevailing pilosophy of education tends to discredit hard work." ~~ Abraham Flexner

"A forbearing man is better than a warrior; and he who rules his temper is better than one who takes a city." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 16:32

"Husband and wife are like one flesh." ~~ Talmud, Menahot 93b

"If a man does not do good himself, let him not rely on what his ancestors did!" ~~ Midrash Tehillilm

"The best charity is good will." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"Wine is as good as life to Man, if you drink it in its proper measure." ~~ Ben Sira 31:27

"Laughter is an instant vacation. " ~~ Milton Berle

"Vows are a fence against sin." ~~ Avot 3:13