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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

Maimonides

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
In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.
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Body Far Force Soul Spiritual
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
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
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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Easy Live Necessary
Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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Art One Liner Sick
The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old.
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Book Evil Greatness Grief Man Old Sick Thinking True Writing
God cannot be compared to anything.
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God One Liner
What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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Kindness Language Word
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Character Lie Man Wisdom
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Angel Body Force Self Love
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
It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e., Wine. It contains much good and light nourishment. It is rapidly digested and helps to digest other foods.
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Doctor Food Goodness Help Light Religion Wine
Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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One Liner Silence Wisdom
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Destroy Enemy Friendship Myself
Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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One Liner Truth

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