Solomon Ibn Gabirol quotes
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“The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.”
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“The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.”
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“Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.”
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“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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“Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.”
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“Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.”
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“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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“A wise man's questions contain half the answer.”
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“Riches bring anxiety; wisdom gives peace of mind.”
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“Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.”
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“Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.”
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“Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.”
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“Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.”
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“A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by!”
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“As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.”
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“One is punished by the very things by which he sins.”
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“A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.”
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“I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.”
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“There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult him. 2. The man who knows, but doesn't know that he knows; help him not forget what he knows. 3. The man who knows not, and knows that he knows not; teach him. 4. Finally, there is the man who knows not but pretends that he knows; he is a fool, so avoid him.”
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“As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.”
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“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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“The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.”
-- Solomon Ibn GabirolSource : Solomon ben Judah Ibn Gabirol, Benjamin Henry Ascher (1859). “A Choice of Pearls: Embracing a Collection of the Most Genuine Ethical Sentences, Maxims and Salutary Reflections”, p.145
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“All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.”
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“If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.”
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“My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.”
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“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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