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Solomon Ibn Gabirol [1021-1058] Spanish

Rank: 102
Poet

Solomon ibn Gabirol was an 11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher with a Neo-Platonic bent. He published over a hundred poems, as well as works of biblical exegesis, philosophy, ethics. and satire.

Future, Jealousy, Men, Patience, Wisdom

Quote	Tags	Rank
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.	Men	101
As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.		102
Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.		103
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.	Patience	104
Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.	Jealousy	105
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.		106
Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.	Future	107
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.		108
All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.		109
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.		110
My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.		111
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.	Wisdom	112
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.		113
A wise man's question contains half the answer.		114
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.		115
One is punished by the very things by which he sins.		116
Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.		117

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