Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
MAIMONIDESIt 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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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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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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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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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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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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There are eight levels of charity. The highest is when you strengthen a man’s hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.
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Man’s shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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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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I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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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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