The Jewish Wisdom Database

If you see a graveyard before you, know that the town is nearby.

Who hears curses and keeps silent is called pious.

One should respect one's father-in-law like one's own father.

On what day is all the world equal? When rain falls!

No man can be called righteous if he is not also good.

If a person wishes to become a priest or a Levite, he cannot; but even a Gentile can be righteous.

If a person meant to commit a sin, the Lord will not consider it till it be committed.

The talebearer destroys three persons: himself, the listener and the victim.

As you teach, you learn.

Virtue bears its fruits.

There is no end to the goodness of the good wife, and none to the wickedness of a bad one.