The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.
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… - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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…
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool. - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it. - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others. - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings. - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend. - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow. - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
Misfortune may become fortune through patience. - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Misfortune may become fortune through patience.
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