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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

Maimonides

The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form.
MAIMONIDES

Desire God Ideas Knowledge Man Passion
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
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
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
Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.
MAIMONIDES

Body Comfortable Emotional Grief Pain
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
MAIMONIDES

Destroy Enemy Friendship Myself
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.
MAIMONIDES

Charity Hands Man Strength
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Charity Help Himself Man
Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil. With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good.
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Equality Evil Goodness Man Philosophy See View World
For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Beginning Need Philosophy
For it is said, You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him, that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.
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Community Fall Live Need Strength Yourself
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
What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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Kindness Language Word
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.
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Destroy Equality Evil Goodness Himself Oneself World
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
MAIMONIDES

Lose Right Truth Wrong
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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Doctor Sick Suffering

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

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