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Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure. — Hillel the Elder

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Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure.

In the original Hebrew

וְאַל תֹּאמַר לִכְשֶׁאִפָּנֶה אֶשְׁנֶה, שֶׁמָּא לֹא תִפָּנֶה:

Hillel the Elder
10
★ 2.1
Provenance
Current citation
The Babylonian Talmud, translated by A. Cohen. Cambridge University Press, 2013, Mishnah "Pirqei Avot 2:5."
Original citation
The Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. Pirkei Avot 2.

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