XIV, 22-29; also _Tractates Maasrot_ and _Maaser Sheni_ of the
_Mishnah_. Consult Babbs, _The Law of Tithes_.

17. Simeon (38) his son, said, "All my days I have grown up amongst
the wise, and I have found nothing better for man than silence (39);
not learning but doing is the chief thing (40); and whoso multiplies
words causes sin" (41).

(38) Simeon beg Gamaliel I lived at the time of the war with
Rome. See Josephus, _Jewish Wars_, IV, 3, 9.

(39) Cf. chapter III, 17.

(40) Where words fail, deeds tell. _Non scholae sed vitae_.

(41) Cf. Proverbs X, 19.

18. Rabban Simeon, the son of Gamaliel (42) said, "By three things is
the world preserved (43); by truth, by judgment, and by peace, as it
is said, 'Judge ye the truth and the judgment of peace in your gates'"
(44).

(42) Rabban Simeon II, son of Gamaliel II (80-115 C.E.) and
grandson of Simeon (verse 17).

(43) Cf. chapter I, 2. _Torah_, Temple service, and
benevolence are the foundations and, at the same time, the
aims of the world. Truth, judgment, and peace maintain the
world's permanency.