Jewish Quotations

"The wise are pleased when they discover truths; fools are pleased when they discover falsehoods." ~~ [adapted from] Ibn Gabirol

"One fool breeds many." ~~ Jacob Emden

"My friend is he who will tell me my faults, in private." ~~ Ibn Gabirol

"A husband should be at pains to treat his wife with respect (…not to hurt his wife’s feelings)." ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia

"While sinning, repent!" ~~ Ben Sira 18:21

"There is no beginning without an end." ~~ Zror Hamor

"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ~~ Berthold Auerbach

"Keep silent or speak wisely! " ~~ Ben Shlomo Immanuel

"What God is to the world, parents are to their children." ~~ Philo

"There is no true justice unless mercy is part of it." ~~ The Zohar

"The one who causes a good deed to be performed is as meritorious as the one who performs it." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin

"Gifts are debts." ~~ Reuven Alcalay