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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. when he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. when he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
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Maimonides
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. when he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. when he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
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