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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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Shammai

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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