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Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Spanish
Poet
About the author
All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Life
#Men
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,
Spanish
Poet
#Earth
#First
#Nature
#Voice
As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Word
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Love
#Daughters
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Want
#Enemy
#Friend
A wise man's question contains half the answer.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Man
#Question
Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Men
#Future
#Husbands
#Wives
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#May
#Earth
#Men
#Judges
#Kings
One is punished by the very things by which he sins.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
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,
Spanish
Poet
#World
#Tomorrow
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Wisdom
#Desire
#Beginning
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Manners
Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Grace
#Necessity
Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Fire
#Jealousy
My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
Spanish
Poet
#Will
#Friend
#Faults