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It is not a virtue to refrain from hurting others, but it is a virtue to bear a hurt patiently.
- Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
- Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
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Daily Jewish Wisdom
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Revere your teacher as you revere Heaven.
- Eleazar b. Shammua, Mishna: Abot
- Eleazar b. Shammua, Mishna: Abot
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Be not like a bird that sees the grain but not the trap.
- Ibn Tibbon, Tzavaah, 1190
- Ibn Tibbon, Tzavaah, 1190
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The mind of each is different from that of the other, just as the face of each is different from that of the other.
- Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 58a
- Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 58a
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God is glorified by a good deed the wicked happens to do.
- Zohar, Exodus 11a
- Zohar, Exodus 11a
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Charity is equal in importance to all the other commandments combined.
- Babylonian Talmud, "Bava Bathra"
- Babylonian Talmud, "Bava Bathra"
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Neglect not to visit and treat the poor; there is no nobler work.
- Israeli, Manhig HaRofim
- Israeli, Manhig HaRofim
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All my days I have been raised among the Sages, and I found nothing better for oneself than silence; not study, but practice is the main thing; and one who talks excessively brings on sin.
- Shimon ben Rabban Gamliel, Pirkei Avot 1:17
- Shimon ben Rabban Gamliel, Pirkei Avot 1:17
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When you are annoyed by something you could not avoid, don't aggravate it by useless worry.
- Mendel Lefin, Heshbon HaNefesh
- Mendel Lefin, Heshbon HaNefesh
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In a war of self-defense [literally, an obligatory war] all go out to do battle, even a groom from his room, and the bride from under the wedding canopy.
- Mishna, Sotah 8:7
- Mishna, Sotah 8:7
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Good cannot come without opposition.
- Shalom Shakna, quoted in Buber's "Tales of the Hasidim"
- Shalom Shakna, quoted in Buber's "Tales of the Hasidim"
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Sugar in the mouth won't help if you're bitter at heart.
- Yiddish proverb
- Yiddish proverb
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Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear of it, people would swallow each other alive.
- Pirkei Avot 3:2
- Pirkei Avot 3:2
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My friend is he who will tell me my fault in private.
- Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
- Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
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One who says, "Let good people [and only good people] bless You," is considered to have spoken heresy.
- Mishna Megillah 4:9
- Mishna Megillah 4:9
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Include friend and foe in your petitions, for how can one ask God for blessings which he does not want others to have?
- Orhot Tzaddikim
- Orhot Tzaddikim
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A heavenly voice proves nothing. The law of Sinai commands us to "decide according to the majority."
- Joshua b. Nanania, Talmud: Bab Metzia 59b
- Joshua b. Nanania, Talmud: Bab Metzia 59b
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Who accepts affliction cheerfully brings salvation to the world.
- Joshua b. Levi, Talmud: Taanit, 8a
- Joshua b. Levi, Talmud: Taanit, 8a
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The meek attract the Shekina, the proud...drive it away.
- Mekilta, based on the work of Ishmael b. Elisha
- Mekilta, based on the work of Ishmael b. Elisha
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Despise no man: many pearls are found in a poor man's tunic.
- Eliezer b. Isaac, Orhot Hayyim
- Eliezer b. Isaac, Orhot Hayyim