Solomon ibn Gabirol Quotes

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A needle's eye is not too narrow for two lovers, but the whole world is not wide enough for two enemies.

Solomon ibn Gabirol
Poverty, sickness, and terror are easier to bear with faith.

Solomon ibn Gabirol
Who does not patiently subdue his mourning prolongs his grief.

Solomon ibn Gabirol
In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence; the second, listening; the third, remembering; the fourth practicing; the fifth, teaching others

Solomon ibn Gabirol
The meek is known in anger, a hero in war, and a friend in time of need.

Solomon ibn Gabirol
A sage who was asked, "Why are you wiser than your friends," said, "Because I spent more on oil than they on wine."

Solomon ibn Gabirol
I before Thy greatness
Stand, and am afraid:—
All my secret thoughts Thine eye beholdeth
Deep within my bosom laid.

Solomon ibn Gabirol
Plan for this world as if you were to live forever; plan for the hereafter as if you were to die tomorrow.

Solomon ibn Gabirol
Look upon death with indifference, for its bitterness is commensurate with its fear.

Solomon ibn Gabirol
A man without comrades is like the left without the right.

Solomon ibn Gabirol
Learning in old age is like writing on sand; learning in youth is like engraving on stone.

Solomon ibn Gabirol
Kings are the judges of the earth, and sages the judges of kings.

Solomon ibn Gabirol