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"When you sit before the wise, let it be your wish to listen rather than lecture!" ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means. " ~~ Albert Einstein

"No man is wise without books. " ~~ Gevul Binyamin

"Eat what you like but dress in the fashion!" ~~ Shlomo Rubin

"When you cannot cut off your enemy’s hand, kiss it and make friends with him!" ~~ No’am Hamiddot

"It is easiser, perhaps, to do good deeds than tell good stories." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon

"As long as I do not utter a word, I am its master; once I utter it, I am its slave." ~~ (based on) Ibn Gabirol

"Be not wise in your own eyes!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 3:7

"If two ropes are tied together, untying one means untying both. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.

"The more possessions, the more concern." ~~ Avot 2:7

"I don’t like those who are as “pure as snow”—for snow is not long white and pure, but soon turns muddy and soiled." ~~ (based on) The Riziner Rabbi

"Whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 29:27