Jewish Quotations

"The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. " ~~ Benjamin Disraeli

"I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman." ~~ Ben Sira 25:16

"Great the man whose sins are few. " ~~ Yehuda Halevi

"When you besiege a city for a long time. . . you shall not destroy its trees." ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 20:19

"Riches profit naught in the day of wrath." ~~ Proverbs (Mishsle) 11:4

"Trust not in your wealth until the day of your death." ~~ Wallach

"The work of righteousness shall be peace." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 32:17

"He piles up riches and knows not who will gather them." ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 39:6

"Those are my principles. If you don’t like them I have others." ~~ Groucho Marx

"Fear and hope must not be overestimated." ~~ Reuven Alcalay

"If charity costs nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"The wise man says: I will eat to live, and the fool says: I will live to eat." ~~ Orchot Tsadikim