The Talmud Quotes Page 6

“It is our duty to relieve the poor and the needy, to visit the sick and bury the dead without distinction of race or creed.”

“It is sinful to deceive any man, be he even a heathen.”

“It is sinful to deceive the government regarding taxes and duties.”

“It is well to add a trade to your studies; you will then be free from sin.”

“It is wrong to receive a present from a thief.”

“Jerusalem was destroyed because the instruction of the young was neglected.”

“Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.”

“Judge a man by his deeds, not by his words.”

“Judge everybody favorably.”

“Judge not thy neighbor until thou hast been placed in his position.”

“Keep shut the doors of thy mouth even from the wife of thy bosom.”

“Learn first and philosophize afterwards.”

“Lend to the poor in the time of their need.”

“Let every man divide his money into three parts, and invest a third in land, a third in business, and a third let him keep by him in reserve.”

“Let thy house be a resort of the wise.”

“Let thy house be open wide as a refuge, and let the poor be cordially received within thy walls.”

“Let youth and old age not be joined in marriage, lest the purity and peace of domestic life be disturbed.”

“Live well. It is the greatest revenge.”

“Look not at the cask, but at what is in it. A new cask may contain old wine, and an old one may be altogether empty.”

“Look not at the pitcher, but upon what is inside — a new pitcher may be full of good old wine, while an old one may be totally empty.”

“Look not on thy prayers as on a task; let the supplication be sincere.”

“Love is blind. That is why he always proceeds by the sense of touch.”

“Love takes no advice.”

“Love your wife like yourself; honor her more than yourself.”

“Love your wife truly and faithfully, and do not compel her to hard work.”

“Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.”

“Make your books your companions.”

“Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.”

“Man is generally led the way which he is inclined to go.”

“Man’s home means his wife.”