Philosophical Sayings

You shall not pervert justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save.

You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you.

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you. / Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.

There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change.

If you want to be loved, be lovable. / Ut ameris, amabilis esto.

You can learn from anyone even your enemy. / Fas est ab hoste doceri.

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

Devouring Time and envious Age, all things yield to you; and with lingering death you destroy, step by step, with venomed tooth whatever you attack.

To put it briefly, we possess nothing that isn't mortal, except the benefits of the heart and the mind.

A person's last day must ever be awaited, and none be counted happy till his death, till his last funeral rites are paid.

What is hid is unknown: for what is unknown there is no desire.

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

Beauty's a fragile boon, and the years are quick to destroy it, Always diminished with time, never enduring too long.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.