Spanish - Poet | 1021 - 1058
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
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Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.
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As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
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The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
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I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
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Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.
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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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A wise man's question contains half the answer.
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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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My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.
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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.
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