A Treasury Of Jewish Quotations

18,000 quotations consisting of aphorisms, maxims, proverbs, and comments of Jewish authorship or on Jewish themes.

Compendium of thoughts by or about Jews, covering all aspects of life both secular and religious, and classified according to subject. For other editions, see Author Catalog.

A dazzlement of 4,500 proverbs, folk sayings, witticisms, insights, maxims and moralisms - collected over 58 years, freshly translated or rewritten, and garnished with irony, paradox and truth.

"The beginning of wisdom is to desire it." SOLOMON IBN GABIROL "Where there is no vision, the people perish." PROVERBS Those who desire wisdom can hardly do better than to start with this book. Through nearly four thousand years of history, the Jewish people have learned a thing or two, and have extracted from their experiences, both good and bad, a rich essence that speaks to every time and every heart. JEWISH WISDOM gathers more than a thousand proverbs, wise sayings, common-sense observations, and memorable quotations that instruct, inspire, and guide the reader to the good in life. It is a powerful antidote to self-deception, confusion, worry, and fear.

Original works appear in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino alongside the English translations.

The transliterated and translated proverbs are arranged by Hebrew subject; a complete index in English accompanies the text.