Solomon Ibn Gabirol Quotes

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

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

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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.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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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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Long, Slave, Masters

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The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Patience, Tests, Table Manners

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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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Wise, Men, Fool

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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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Enemy, Want, Concealed

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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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Medicine, Three, Needs

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The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

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Wisdom, Desire

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

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Wise, Wisdom, 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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Death, Expectations, Forever

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Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.

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Worry, Serious, Malady

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Misfortune may become fortune through patience.

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May, Fortune, Misfortunes

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Riches bring anxiety; wisdom gives peace of mind.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Peace, Giving, Anxiety

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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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Wise, Men, Answers

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

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Friendship, Best Friend, Real Friends

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

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Secret, Slave, Prisoner

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A tiny fly can choke a big man.

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Men, Tiny, Choke

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

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Silence, Able

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

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Rude, Good Man, Sage

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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Drink poison rather than worry.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Worry, Poison, Drink

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Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

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Husband, Men, Wife

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Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.

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Grace

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A wise man's questions contain half the answer.

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Faith, Wise, Men

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

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Sin

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

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Daughter, Honesty, Lilies

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Born: 1021
Died: 1058
Occupation: Poet
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