Solomon Ibn Gabirol Quotes

#1. The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.

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#2. Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

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#3. And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.

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#4. There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.

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#5. One is punished by the very things by which he sins.

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#6. Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

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#7. Riches bring anxiety; wisdom gives peace of mind.

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#8. Faith is the summit of the Torah.

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#9. As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

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#10. The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

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#11. Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.

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#12. Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.

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#13. A tiny fly can choke a big man.

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#14. Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

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#15. All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.

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#16. If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

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#17. A wise man's questions contain half the answer.

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#18. Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.

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#19. The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

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#20. I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

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#21. Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.

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#22. My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

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#23. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

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#24. A wise man's question contains half the answer.

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#25. Drink poison rather than worry.

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#26. A man's mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.

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#27. Misfortune may become fortune through patience.

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#28. Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

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