For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
MAIMONIDESEvery man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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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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In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
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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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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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Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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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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Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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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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It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.
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