"It was forbidden to break the Sabbath, even when David, king of Israel, died." ~~ Tosefta
"The State binds and compels, religion teaches and persuades; the State gives laws, religion gives commandments." ~~ Moshe Mendelssohn
"Confidence is half the victory." ~~ Peretz Smolenskin
"There is nothing better than a good heart." ~~ Rokach
"Repentance and good deeds are a man’s best lawyer." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Song is obligatory in the ritual of the sanctuary. " ~~ Talmud, Arakin
"Not the cardplayer pays the penalty but only the man who knows not how to play, yet does." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"Anybody who gets out of college having had his confidence in the perfection of existing institutions affirmed has not been educated. Just suffocated." ~~ Al Capp
"Not every one with a fabulous memory is clever." ~~ Samuel David Luzzatto
"The man from whom people learn must be especially strict with himself." ~~ (adapted from) Talmud, Bezah 2:6
"In his home, even a weaver is a ruler." ~~ Talmud, Megillah
"If a man’s wife dies and he has grown-up children, let him not remarry till he marry them off! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
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