Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
MAIMONIDESAstrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.
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God cannot be compared to anything.
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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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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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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
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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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The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both, undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.
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