Wisdom Archives - Page 52 of 80

"The pen’s mistake passes not away, it is an everlasting shame." ~~ Ya’avetz Emden

"What time can do all your cleverness cannot." ~~ Chut Hashani

"If you do not aspire to great things, you will not achieve even little ones." ~~ Imre Binah

"Godfearingness will keep you far from sin." ~~ Ben Sira 1:21

"A word without thought is like a foot without muscles." ~~ Moses Ibn Ezra

"By nature we like the familiar and dislike the strange." ~~ Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed 1:31

"Keep sin at a distance and it will turn aside from you!" ~~ Ben Sira 7:2

"Wisdom without morals is like a ring without a gem." ~~ Avigdor Hameiri

"You cannot turn Hell into Heaven, but how easy it is to turn Paradise into Purgatory!" ~~ Reuven Alcalay

"He who pays his debt adds to his capital." ~~ Traditional Proverb

"Faithful are the words of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 27:6

"The ants are not a mighty people, yet they make ready their food in the summer. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 30:25