A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
MAIMONIDESGiving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because. The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.
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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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There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old.
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion this is the strongest of the reasons for circumcision.
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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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It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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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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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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