"The tongue of the righteous is choice silver. The mind of the wicked is of little worth." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 10:20
"Whoever performs one good action gains an advocate, whoever commits a sin procures an accuser." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 4:15
"When the time comes for an accounting of man’s deeds, it is too late to do anything about them." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 84:12
"Love blinds the eyes to faults, and hatred blinds them to virtues. " ~~ Moses Ben Ezra
"If a sin waylays a man and he rejects it, that is deemed a great virtue." ~~ Sons of Songs R.
"Do not steal your property back from a thief, lest you seem a thief yourself." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin 8:3
"Consider every day your last and you will always be ready—with good deeds and repentance." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 153a
"If a man sees trouble brewing, let him examine his own acts!" ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"A man that cleanses himself after touching a corpse, and then touches it again, of what avail will his cleaning be? So with a man who fasts for his sins and then repeats them." ~~ Ben Sira 34:25,26
"Shame is an iron fence against sin." ~~ Orchot Tsadikim
"Don’t carry a grudge. While you’re carrying the grudge the other guy’s out dancing. " ~~ Buddy Hackett
"Living in Israel is itself an atonement for one’s sins." ~~ Meir. Sifre #333
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