The Jewish Wisdom Database

There is a long way that is short and a short one that is long.

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Better that I be a fool all my days than wicked even for an hour before the Lord.

A man that calls his friend wicked is as his persecutor.

The righteous promise little and perform much; the wicked promise much and perform not even a little.

A gathering of the wicked is an evil for them and an evil for the world.

Every widower finds his world darkened.

A man whose first wife dies is as though the Temple was destroyed in his lifetime.

A pleasant home, a pleasant wife and pleasant furnishings enlarge a man's mind.

A graceful wife lends grace to her husband.

Who is rich? Who has a wife lovely in her deeds.

A wife is one's heart's delight.

A wicked wife is like leprosy to her husband.

A woman is worthier after she has become a mother than before.

If your wife is tiny, bend down and whisper for her counsel!

A husband should be at pains to treat his wife with respect (...not to hurt his wife's feelings).

A man who marries a second time remembers all his first wife did.

A man cannot live without a woman or a woman live without a man.

A wifeless man is not a man.

It is enough that our wives bring up our children and save us from sin.

A man should eat and drink less than he can afford to, dress as well and as much as he can afford to, and lavish more on his wife.

No man should betroth a woman, sight unseen.

Wine tops the list of all medicines.

Wine adds to the appetite.

Evidence refuted in part is refuted altogether.