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Make the study of the Torah your chief occupation; speak little, but accomplish much; and receive every man with a friendly countenance.
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Say little and do much. Receive all men with a cheerful countenance.
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Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive. (2.9).
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Shammai
Born:
50 BC
Died:
30 AD
(aged 80)
Bio:
Shammai was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century, and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah.
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