13 quotes found
“Faith is the summit of the Torah.”
“The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.”
“A wise mans questions contain half the answer.”
“A wise man’s questions contain half the answer.”
“The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.”
“A mans mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.”
“There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.”
“The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.”
“The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others".”
“Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.”
“Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.”
“What is the test of good manners? Being able to bear patiently with bad ones.”
“A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.”