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If I am not for myself, who is for me? And being for my own self, what am ‘I’? And if not now, when?

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Pirkei Avot 1:14 c. 110 BCE

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Hillel the Elder

Hillel was a Jewish religious leader, sage and scholar associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud and the founder of the House of Hillel school of tannaim.

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    si no soy para mi, quien es para mi? y siendo para mí mismo, ¿qué soy 'yo'? y si no es ahora, cuando?

    अगर मैं अपने लिए नहीं, तो मेरे लिए कौन है? और अपने स्वयं के लिए होने के नाते, मैं 'मैं' क्या हूं? और अगर अब नहीं तो कब?

    ha nem magamnak vagyok, ki nekem? és a saját énemnek lenni, mi vagyok az 'én'? és ha nem most, mikor?

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