משנה מסכת אבות פרק ד:ג
הוא היה אומר אל תהי בז לכל אדם ואל תהי מפליג לכל דבר שאין לך אדם שאין לו שעה ואין לך דבר שאין לו מקום:
He [Ben Azzai] would also say: Do not scorn any person, and do not discount any thing. For there is no one who has not their hour, and no thing that has not its place. [Translation by chabad.org. Edited for gender neutrality]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. Why are we often tempted to scorn people or things? How does this text rebuke this tendency?
2. How is this text a commentary on discrimination? On poverty?
Time Period: Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)