The Talmud Quotes

The sun will set without thy assistance.

It is not upon thee to finish the work neither art thou free to abstain from it.

Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom his wisdom endures. And everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds his wisdom does not endure.

And if not now when?

He who talks too much commits a sin.

Iron sharpens iron scholar the scholar.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue hath it.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

Three things are good in little measure and evil in large: yeast salt and hesitation.

Hope for a miracle. But don't depend on one.

The burden is equal to the horse's strength.

He who prays for his neighbors will be heard for himself.

Where love is no room is too small.

If I am not for myself who will be for me? If I am not for others who am I for? And if not now when?

Don't use the conduct of a fool as a precedent.

When love is strong a man and a woman can make their bed on a sword's blade. When love grows weak a bed of 60 cubits is not large enough.

A wife is the joy of a man's heart.

Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree but it is like the shadow of a bird in flight.

Ambition destroys its possessor.