Solomon Ibn Gabirol

(119 votes)   A wise man's question contains half the answer.

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(114 votes)   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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(113 votes)   Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.

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(112 votes)   All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.

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(107 votes)   If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

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(106 votes)   As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

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(106 votes)   My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

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(106 votes)   Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.

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(105 votes)   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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(103 votes)   As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

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(103 votes)   I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

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(99 votes)   One is punished by the very things by which he sins.

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(99 votes)   The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

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(98 votes)   Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.

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(98 votes)   Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

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