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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.

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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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Himself Man Reason Sex Strong Woman
Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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Difficult Imagination Problem Understand
In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Generous Yourself
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
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Human Limitation Reason Religious Stop
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Greatness Truth
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Charity Poor
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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Doctor Food
God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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Existence God Home
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
Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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One Liner Silence Wisdom
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
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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Art Human Inspirational Love Myself See Suffering
In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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Nature Necessary Purpose
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth

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