Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
MAIMONIDESThe 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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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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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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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others, for the knowledge of the truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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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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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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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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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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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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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.
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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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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