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A legal decision depends not on the teacher's age, but on the force of his argument. - [Law] A tree in the desert is still a tree. - [Trees] Better an ounce from the ground than a pound from the roof. - [Caution] Breed not a savage dog, nor permit a loose stairway. - [Breeding] Do not attempt to confute a lion after he's dead. - [Argument] Don't use the conduct of a fool as a precedent. - [Fools] Doubt cannot override a certainty. - [Doubt] He who promiseth runs in debt. - [Promises] He who sacrifices a whole offering shall be rewarded for a whole offering; he who offers a burnt-offering shall have the reward of a burnt-offering; but he who offers humility to God and man shall be rewarded with a reward as if he had offered all the sacrifices in the world. - [Humility] Into the well which supplies thee with water, cast no stones. - [Gratitude] Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar. - [Study] The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath. - [Proverbs] The sun sets without thy assistance. - [Proverbs] The world is only saved by the breath of the school children. - [Education] Throw no stones into the well whence you have drunk. - [Ingratitude] Underneath the wings of the seraphim are stretched the arms of the divine mercy, ever ready to receive sinners. - [Mercy] When a thief has no opportunity for stealing, he considers himself an honest man. - [Opportunity] Who is strong? He who subdues his passions. - [Passion] Trust not your own powers till the day of your death. - Aboth (2) [Death] A man should endeavor to be as pliant as a reed, yet as hard as cedar-wood. - Babylonian Talmud, Taanith (20) [Character] Ambition destroys its possessor. - Babylonian Talmud, Yoma (86) [Ambition] Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. - Talmud, Aboth (IV, 20) [Companionship] When the wine's in, murder will out. - Talmud, Erubin (65) [Wine and Spirits] Sheep follow sheep. - Talmud, Ketuboth (62) [Example] The myrtle that grows among thorns is a myrtle still. - Talmud, Sanhedrin (44) [Names] Displaying page 1 of 2 for this author: Next >> [1] 2
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