"One misfortune invites another." ~~ Rashi
"A house without a wife is an orphan." ~~ Yochanan Tversky
"Those who live outside of Israel may be considered heathen." ~~ Tosefta: Aboda Zara 4:3
"To ransom prisoners is a splendid act of piety." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"What matters in Man’s life is the eternal life in the world to come. " ~~ Chaim Vital
"The hardest thing in the world to understand, is income tax." ~~ Albert Einstein
"Baseless hatred is a grave disease." ~~ Kad Hakemach
"Do not toil to acquire wealth, be wise enough to desist; when your eyes light upon it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 23:4,5
"Time is of short duration and flies away swifter than the shades of evening. We are like the child who grasps a sunbeam in his hand, and when he opens it finds it empty, to his amazement, and all the brightness gone." ~~ Jedaiah Ben Bedersi
"Who lodges a scholar in his home is as one offering first-fruits [Shavuot] in the Temple. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
"It is bounden duty to perform the will of a dying man." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"Don’t run too far; you will have to return the same distance." ~~ Midrash Ecclesiastes R. 11:9
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