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The Wisdom of the Talmud (Dover Thrift Editions) (edition 2001)

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"The house that does not open to the poor shall open to the physician." "To have no faithful friends is worse than death." "Too many captains sink the ship." "Good deeds are better than creeds." "The sensible man drinks only when he is thirsty." "The noblest of all charities is in enabling the poor to earn a livelihood." "He who wishes to be forgiven must forgive." These and over 500 other proverbs and adages come together in this delightful collection, arranged under 22 headings such as adversity, ambition, ancestry, anger, business, charity, death, friendship, home life, honesty, immortality, labor, love, money, and truth.… (more)
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The Wisdom of the Talmud (Dover Thrift Editions) by Madison C. Peters

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Compared to a book I reviewed a few months ago that consisted of selected quotes from the King James Version of the Bible, this book kicks ass. There's hardly a bad quote here. Oddly enough, I became really interested in the Talmud as a result of listening to Tod Goldberg's Gangsterland series, where a hitman becomes a rabbi! (The hitman mixes his quotes from the Talmud with quotes from Bruce Springsteen and most of his listeners don't know the difference.) ( )
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"The house that does not open to the poor shall open to the physician." "To have no faithful friends is worse than death." "Too many captains sink the ship." "Good deeds are better than creeds." "The sensible man drinks only when he is thirsty." "The noblest of all charities is in enabling the poor to earn a livelihood." "He who wishes to be forgiven must forgive." These and over 500 other proverbs and adages come together in this delightful collection, arranged under 22 headings such as adversity, ambition, ancestry, anger, business, charity, death, friendship, home life, honesty, immortality, labor, love, money, and truth.

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