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Abraham Cahan
Lithuanian
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Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Life
The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Life
#Woman
#Faith
#Religious
You must never tire fighting Satan.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Fighting
#Satan
What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#World
#Wind
The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Life
Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Smile
#Act
#Word
#Lies
#Lying
Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#World
#Worth
#Learning
#Reality
#Deeds
Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Anger
#Control
If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Life
#People
#Spiritual
#Race
#Measure
If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Man
#Pity
#Tongue
I was a great dreamer of day dreams.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Day
#Dreams
Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Heart
#Fight
#Envy
#Conceit
God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#God
#Day
#Man
#Example
#Fire
#Holiness
What is wealth? A dream of fools.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#Dream
#Fools
#Wealth
If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
Abraham Cahan,
Lithuanian
Author
#God
#Study