Our rabbis taught, “If one has to study and marry a woe, he should first study and then marry. But if he cannot (live) without a wife, he should first marry and then study. “Rav Yehudah said in Samuel’s name, “The Halakha is: (A man) first marries and then studies.” Rabbi Yohanan said, “(With) a millstone around his neck shall one study Torah??” Yet, they do not differ: The one refers to ourselves (Rashi: Babylonians); the other refers to them (Rashi: in Israel). –Kiddushin 29b
“To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.” John W. Roper Those who get in trouble most often are those cannot seem to keep still, remain silent. Life teaches many lessons. Among the best lessons of life is one my father taught me at an early age was, “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.” The contributions we make to life via our mouth are many and varied. Most of the time, I reckon, they are not contributions at all, but things that diminish the richness of life.
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