Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Solomon ibn Gabirolwas an 11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher with a Neo-Platonic bent. He published over a hundred poems, as well as works of biblical exegesis, philosophy, ethics.:xxvii and satire.:xxv One source credits Ibn Gabirol with creating a golem, possibly female, for household chores...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionPoet
CountrySpain
worry serious malady
Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
enemy want ifs
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.
rude good-man sage
The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.
writing men light
A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.
silence able
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
men going-out entrances
All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.
medicine needs want
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.
may fortune misfortunes
Misfortune may become fortune through patience.
men tiny choke
A tiny fly can choke a big man.
long slave masters
As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.
expectations forever world
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
inspirational wisdom memories
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
wise men fool
Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.
wise wisdom kings
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.