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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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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Act God Himself Quality
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.
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Philosophy Truth Virtue World
God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
MAIMONIDES

Existence God Home
Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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One Liner Truth
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good – he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad – he and the world is destroyed.
MAIMONIDES

Destroy Equality Evil Goodness Himself Oneself World
The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
MAIMONIDES

Easy Live Necessary
Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is likewise good for the permanence of the Universe and the continuation of the order of things, so that one thing departs and the other succeeds.
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Death Evil Existence Leaving Reality Success
For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Beginning Need Philosophy
Hold firmly to your word.
MAIMONIDES

One Liner Word Yourself
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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Body Man Philosophy Sin
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
MAIMONIDES

Destroy Enemy Friendship Myself
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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Food Himself Man Philosophy Teaching Yourself
The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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Himself Man View Youth
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
Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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Action Goodness Important Purpose

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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