Occupation: Poet Birth: 1021 Death: 1058
A tiny fly can choke a big man..
A wise man's questions contain half the answer..
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others..
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 illn….
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings..
Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool..
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend..
Misfortune may become fortune through patience..
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow..
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it..
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones..
Drink poison rather than worry..
Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady..
The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones..
Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace..
A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by!.
One is punished by the very things by which he sins..
Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives..
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters..
Riches bring anxiety; wisdom gives peace of mind..
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….