Hillel The Elder Quotes

#1. A name made great is a name destroyed. He who does not increase his knowledge decreases it.

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#2. Take care of yourself - you never know when the world will need you.

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#3. Say not: "When I have free time I shall study", for you may perhaps never have any free time

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#4. The shy man will not learn; the impatient man should not teach.

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#5. Do not unto others that which is hateful unto thee.

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#6. Golden Rule": "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.

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#7. Who does not grow, declines.

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#8. Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place.

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#9. If not you, who? If not now, when?

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#10. What you yourself hate, don't do to your neighbor. This is the whole law; the rest is commentary. Go and study.

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#11. The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry.

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#12. A single candle can light a thousand more without diminishing itself.

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#13. Moreover he saw a skull floating on the surface of the water and he said unto it: Because you drowned others they drowned you; and those that drowned you will eventually be drowned.

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#14. Do not say, 'When I have leisure, I will study,' because you may never have leisure.

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#15. If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

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#16. Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing peace, loving your fellow creatures and drawing them near to the Law.

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#17. In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.

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