Jewish Quotations

"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

"Never enter a neighbor’s house unwarned." ~~ Derekh Eretz R.

"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now—when?" ~~ Hillel

"A bad wife scorches you worse than fire, and chokes you worse than rope or water." ~~ N. Amram