A line from Iraq
A small living planet you can hold.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?
אם אין אני לי, מי לי? וכשאני לעצמי, מה אני? ואם לא עכשיו, אימתי?
הלל הזקן
Jewish sage and teacher · c. 2nd c. BCE–1st c.
Born in Babylon (by tradition), in today's Iraq
Pirkei Avot, 1:14
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)