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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.

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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Angel Body Force Self Love
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
In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.
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Body Far Force Soul Spiritual
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Book Evidence Lie Writing
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
MAIMONIDES

Better Death Guilty Oneself Person Satisfaction
Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
MAIMONIDES

Science Sick Tree
There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.
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Animal Difference Emotional Human Intellectual Love Mom Worry
Astrology is a disease, not a science. It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.
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Disease Fools Science Sick Tree Value
Hold firmly to your word.
MAIMONIDES

One Liner Word Yourself
Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
MAIMONIDES

Education Himself Human Logic Mathematics Perfection
For it is said, You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him, that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.
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Community Fall Live Need Strength Yourself
Hear the truth from whomever says it.
MAIMONIDES

One Liner Truth
He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
MAIMONIDES

Alive Dog Himself Live Understand
The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
MAIMONIDES

Human Limitation Reason Religious Stop
The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind. They likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
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Evil People Strength Suffering
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Decision Deep Risk Wrong

The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.

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