Jewish Quotations

"A bribe blinds the clever, and how much more so the fool!" ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"The upshot of haste is remorse. " ~~ Moses Ben Ezra

"All that you do, do only out of love!" ~~ Sifre

"Money attracts money." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"Of all the evils of our generation, I do not know one that obstructs the moral development of mankind more than the Press." ~~ David Frishman

"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