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A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.
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A rich man has no need of character.
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Admission by the defendant is worth a hundred witnesses.
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An advantage of poverty: your relatives gain nothing by your
death.
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were
born in another time.
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Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and
hide.
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God did not create woman from man's head, that he should command
her, nor from his feet, that she should be his slave, but rather
from his side, that she should be near his heart.
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Happy the generation where the great listen to the small, for it
follows that in such a generation the small will listen to the
great.
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He who takes his rank lightly raises his own dignity.
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If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two.
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Love him who tells you your faults in private.
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Make not a fence more expensive or more important than the thing
that is fenced.
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Make not thy tail broader than thy wings. [Keep not too many
attendants.]
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Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the
greatest violence.
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People worry, and God smiles.
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Promise little and do much.
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Rivalry of scholars advances wisdom.
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Silence is a fence around wisdom.
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Silence is a fine jewel for a woman, but it is little worn.
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Silence is a woman's best garment.
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Slander slays three persons: the speaker, the spoken to, and the
spoken of.
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Teach thy tongue to say, "I do not know."
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Teach your grandam to spin.
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Teach your grandame to suck eggs.
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The court is most merciful when the accused is most rich.
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The kind man feeds his cat before sitting down to dinner.
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The more you add, the worse it gets.
Source: (Hebrew)
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The place honors not the man; it is the man who honors the place.
Source: (Hebrew)
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These three are the marks of a Jew--a tender heart, self-respect,
and charity.
Source: (Hebrew)
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Time heals old pain, while it creates new ones.
Source: (Hebrew)
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Time is a great healer.
Source: (Hebrew)
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Who seeks more than he needs hinders himself from enjoying what
he has.
Source: (Hebrew)
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Whoever teaches his son teaches not only his son but also his
son's son, and so on to the end of generations.
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You don't show a fool a job half done.
Source: (Hebrew)
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