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"One is punished by the very things by which he sins."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"At the head of all understanding is realizing what is and what cannot be, and the consoling of what is not in our power to change.”
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"A wise man's question contains half the answer."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
“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
 
 
"Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"The beginning of wisdom is to desire it."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"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."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
“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.”
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
“The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.”
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
"As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
“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
 
 
"As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave."
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
 
“Who seeks more than he needs, hinders himself from enjoying what he has. Seek what you need and give up what you need not. For in giving up what you don't need, you'll learn what you really do need.
― Solomon ibn Gabirol
 
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Solomom Ibn Gabirol
Nationality: Spanish
Born: 1021 or 1022 Málaga,Spain
profession: Poet and Philosopher