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01Undated

The burden is equal to the horse's strength.

The Talmud / quote

02Undated

Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree but it is like the shadow of a bird in flight.

The Talmud / quote

03Undated

The sun will set without thy assistance.

The Talmud / quote

04Undated

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

The Talmud / quote

05Undated

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The Talmud / quote

06Undated

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.

The Talmud / quote

07Undated

It is not upon thee to finish the work neither art thou free to abstain from it.

The Talmud / quote