Quotes by Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don’t disclose it to your friend.
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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.
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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.
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Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.
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The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
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A tiny fly can choke a big man.
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Misfortune may become fortune through patience.
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Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
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A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by!
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Faith is the summit of the Torah.
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