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"Pursue honor and it will flee from you." ~~ Tanchuma

"Everything is in God’s hands save fear of God." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"Who is sated rejects honey, but to a hungry man all that is bitter tastes sweet." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 27:7

"Good deeds are done by good people. " ~~ Talmud, Qiddushin

"God loves those who do not insist upon their privileges." ~~ (adapted from) Talmud, Pesachim 113a

"Modesty is the noblest of all ornaments." ~~ Eleazar Rokeach

"A rich man may fall seven times and rise again, but the poor falls once only—and forever." ~~ Mishle Israel

"Good understanding gives grace." ~~ Proverbs 13:15

"Who seeks wisdom by the right path will gain it." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra

"When an orphan smiles, heaven and earth smile with him." ~~ Ladino Proverb

"If all men were fools, there would be no one left to realize it." ~~ Midrash, Temurah

"Like the partridge that gathers a brood she did not hatch is the man that amasses wealth but not of right." ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 17:11