Mivchar Hapeninim
1484 book on ethics by Shlomo ben Yehudah
The Mivchar Hepeninim is an ethical work, dated 1484, Written by Rabbi Shlomo ben Yehudah in Spain.
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Quotes
edit- A good name is the proudest of pedigrees.
- The eye of the needle is not too narrow for two friends and the vastness of the world not enough for two enemies.
- Eyesight is of no avail if the heart be blind.
- Humiliate yourself so that God may raise you up!
- There is no wealth like health.
- Two things will never mix: a good heart and stinginess.
- Moral preachings will avail nothing to the unintelligent.
- Pity the honorable man despised, the rich man beggared and the wise man fallen among fools!
- What is the worst sickness? A bad neighbour.
- Wisdom is the finest pedigree.
- Whose heart is narrow has a broad tongue.
