Solomon Ibn Gabirol Quotes


"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
(Related: Nature, Earth, First, Voice)

"As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Word)

"As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Love, Daughters)

"I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
"If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Friend, Enemy, Want)

"A wise man's question contains half the answer."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Man, Question)

"Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Men, Future, Husbands, Wives)

"Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Men, Earth, Judges, Kings, May)

"One is punished by the very things by which he sins."
- 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
(Related: Tomorrow, World)

"The beginning of wisdom is to desire it."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Wisdom, Beginning, Desire)

"The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Manners)

"Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Grace, Necessity)

"Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
"Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Fire, Jealousy)

"My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Related: Friend, Faults, Will)