The Jewish Wisdom Database

When a righteous man is born, it is a boon to the world; when one dies it is a bane.

When scholars vie, wisdom mounts.

Every river has its own course.

All roads are considered dangerous.

Sabbath has a flavor of Paradise about it.

It is the Sabbath, and one should not weep, for healing is nigh to come.

Your talk on the Sabbath should not be like your talk on a weekday.

All dishes need salt, but not all need spices.

Yeast, salt and recalcitrance are good only in small doses.

A meal without salt is no meal.

Never open your mouth to Satan!

Scholars enhance peace in the world.

A scholar who abandons study is like 'a bird that strays from the nest.'

Who declines to endow a scholar with his worldly goods will see no blessing.

The wife of a scholar is accounted one, too.

A synagogue may be turned into a school: but not a school into a synagogue.

One does not keep children from school even to build the Temple.

A town without schoolchildren is doomed to destruction.

Truth is the seal of God.

Tell your secret only to one in a thousand!

Wine in, secret out.

Wretched the creatures that see and know not what they see.

If someone comes to kill you, get in first and kill him!

You cannot liken the self-taught man to the schooled.

Sell your merchandise while the dust of the day is still on your feet!