"A wife is as a protective wall to her husband." ~~ Menachem Recanati
"We carry the germs of anti-Semitism in our own knapsacks." ~~ Chaim Weizmann
"History is the study of other people’s mistakes." ~~ Phillip Guedalla
"If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl. " ~~ Tosefta: Ketubot
"Who accepts reproof is vouchsafed a blessing. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) R.
"It is not the place that honors its man, but the man that honors his place." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"Let a father wed his daughter to a scholar, even if he spend all his money on her dowry!" ~~ Tanna Deve Eliyahu R.
"At five, your son is your master; at ten, your slave; at fifteen, your double; and after that, he is your friend or foe—depending on how you raised him." ~~ [Based on] Proverbs (Mishle) 13:24
"The force of a compromise is greater than of a judgment." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"Religion is not, at the outset, a refuge of grace and mercy for the despondent and desperate, an enchanted stream for crushed spirits, but a raging, clamorous torrent of man’s consciousness, with all its crises, pangs, and torments. " ~~ Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik
"A man is wise while he is seeking wisdom, but, when he thinks he has reached its end, he is a fool." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"Happiness will give you courage." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
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