Quotes from The Talmud

Three things are good in little measure and evil in large: yeast salt and hesitation.

The sun will set without thy assistance.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom his wisdom endures. And everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds his wisdom does not endure.

All the blessings of a household come through the wife, therefore should her husband honour her.

Be cautious in your intercourse with the great; they seldom confer obligations on their inferiors but from interested motives. Friendly they appear as long as it serves their turn, but they will render no assistance in time of actual need.

Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.

Commit a sin twice, and it will not seem to thee a sin.

Customs are more powerful than laws.

For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie.

God said: you must teach, as I taught, without a fee.

He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge.

He that gives should never remember, he that receives should never forget.

He that is ambitious of fame destroys it. He that increaseth not his knowledge diminishes it. He that uses the crown of learning as an instrument of gain will pass away.

He who can feel ashamed will not readily do wrong.

He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.

He who has more learning than goodness is like a tree with many branches and few roots, which the first wind throws down; whilst he whose works are greater than his knowledge is like a tree with many roots and fewer branches, which all the winds of heaven cannot uproot.

He who mixes with unclean things becomes unclean himself; he whose associations are pure becomes purer each day.

Hold no man responsible for what he says in his grief.

Humor the sons of the poor, for they give science its splendor.

j'ai lu une phrase: pouvez-vous me dire si elle provient du Talmud? Tu ne seras pas puni pour les pêchés commis, mais pour touts les bons moments que tu n'as pas vécus

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen.

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.