Top quotes by Solomon Ibn Gabirol

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. Votes: 15

Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire. Votes: 13

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Votes: 11

Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives. Votes: 9

Faith is the summit of the Torah. Votes: 9

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave. Votes: 9

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others. Votes: 7

A wise man's questions contain half the answer. Votes: 7

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. Votes: 6

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings. Votes: 5

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend. Votes: 5

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow. Votes: 4

Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave. Votes: 4

A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by! Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Drink poison rather than worry. Votes: 3

Misfortune may become fortune through patience. Votes: 3

Riches bring anxiety; wisdom gives peace of mind. Votes: 3

The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones. Votes: 3

Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady. Votes: 3

My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private. Votes: 2

All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out. Votes: 2

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it. Votes: 1

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did. Votes: 1

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool. Votes: 1

A man's mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light. Votes: 0

A tiny fly can choke a big man. Votes: 0

One is punished by the very things by which he sins. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace. Votes: 0