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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

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All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

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