Trust not in yourself until the day of your death

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Trust not in yourself until the day of your death

Trust not in yourself until the day of your death

Never be excessively self-confident. A proverb warning against a person's excessive confidence in his own abilities and powers.

("Hillel says: Do not separate yourself from the community and do not trust in yourself until the day of your death, and do not judge your fellow until you reach his place" – Avot 2:4)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַל תֵּאָמֵן בְּעַצְמְךָ עַד יוֹם מוֹתְךָ

Definition (Hebrew)

לְעוֹלָם אֶל תִּהְיֶה בַּעַל בִּטָּחוֹן עַצְמִי מֻפְרָז. פִּתְגָּם נֶגֶד בִּטָּחוֹן עַצְמִי מֻפְרָז שֶׁל אָדָם בְּכוֹחוֹתָיו וִיכוֹלוֹתָיו.

("הִלֵּל אוֹמֵר: אַל תִּפְרֹשׂ מִן הַצִּבּוּר וְאַל תֵּאָמֵן בְּעַצְמְךָ עַד יוֹם מוֹתְךָ וְאַל תָּדִין אֶת חֲבֵרְךָ עַד שֶׁתַּגִּיעַ לִמְקוֹמוֹ"- אָבוֹת ב ד)

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