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Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.

Maimonides

Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.
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Body Comfortable Emotional Grief Pain
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Charity Poor
The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
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Change Character Doubt God Intellectual Knowledge Law Man Mindset Ourselves Present Principle Result Support
Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is likewise good for the permanence of the Universe and the continuation of the order of things, so that one thing departs and the other succeeds.
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Death Evil Existence Leaving Reality Success
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Destroy Enemy Friendship Myself
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Character Lie Man Wisdom
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.
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Belief Desire End Evil God Hate Ignorance Knowledge Man Religious
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Charity Help Himself Man
All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Act God Himself Quality
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others, for the knowledge of the truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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Fight Hate Injury Knowledge Man Relationship Truth Wisdom
Hold firmly to your word.
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One Liner Word Yourself
Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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Difficult Imagination Problem Understand
It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e., Wine. It contains much good and light nourishment. It is rapidly digested and helps to digest other foods.
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Doctor Food Goodness Help Light Religion Wine
God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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Existence God Home
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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Food Himself Man Philosophy Teaching Yourself

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