Shammai

Speak little, but accomplish much; and receive every man with a friendly countenance.

Shammai (50 BC – 30 AD) was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century, and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah.

Quotes

  • 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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