A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
MAIMONIDESThe 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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It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
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There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.
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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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I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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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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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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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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Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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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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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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