I f others speak ill of you, let the worst they say seem a trifle; if you speak ill of others, let the trivial seem enormous. quote 6481 | The Misdrashs Sifre (Midrash halakhah) 89b
I t is better to eat herbs and fear no creditors, than eat meat and have to hide from them. quote 6492 | The Talmud Pesachim 114a
W hen a sharp sword is at his throat, a man does not listen to sense or logic. quote 6496 | Achad Ha’am
T he poor of your own town should be preferred to those of another. quote 6501 | The Talmud Bava Metzia
T he door which is not opened for a beggar will open for a doctor. quote 6502 | The Misdrashs Pesikta Rabati
E verything can be imitated, except truth; for imitated truth is no longer truth. quote 6505 | The Kotzker Rabbi