The Jewish Wisdom Database

When people praise you for virtues you have not, take heed and rejoice not!

The question put by a wise man is half the answer.

The finest quality of Man is asking questions.

When you are asked a question and do not know what to answer, be not ashamed to say: 'I know not!'

A secret is between two only: one shared by three is none.

When sinning, the fool blames others, the moralist himself and the wise and righteous neither himself nor others.

Denial of sin is double sin.

Who knows how to speak well will know how to keep silent, but not all who know how to keep silent know how to speak well.

Hold your tongue as you would hold your money!

Bear the truth even if it be bitter!

Be not ashamed to accept the truth whencesoever it come, even from one less than you!

The truth spoken is better than the truth withheld.

A man is wise while he is seeking wisdom, but, when he thinks he has reached its end, he is a fool.

Wisdom is a good inheritance.

A body without wisdom is like a house without foundations.

Be wise not in words but in deeds!

When you sit before the wise, let it be your wish to listen rather than lecture!

The wolf changes its fur but not its nature.