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.
MAIMONIDESMan’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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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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Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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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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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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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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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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Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation.
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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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God cannot be compared to anything.
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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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