Moses ibn Ezra Quotes

• The man who persists in knocking will succeed in entering.

  Moses ibn Ezra

  Men, Entering, Succeed

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• Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues.

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  Love, Hatred, Faults

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• Words are like bodies; meanings are like souls.

  Moses ibn Ezra

  Soul, Body

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• Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.

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  Learning, Sea, Pearls

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• Bitter is wine, but it sweetens all bitterness.

  Moses ibn Ezra

  Wine, Bitterness, Bitter

  Moses Ibn Ezra (1945). “‏מחברת משירי משה בן יעקב אבן עזרא /‏”

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• A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image.

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  Three, Few Words, Fine

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• A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take.

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  Book, Giving, Doe

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• Beware the man who has two faces and two hearts.

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  Heart, Men, Two

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• Who ignores the time walks in darkness, and who explores it is illumined by a great light.

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  Light, Darkness, Walks

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• I went out into the garden in the morning dusk, When sorrow enveloped me like a cloud; And the breeze brought to my nostril the odor of spices, As balm of healing for a sick soul.

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  Morning, Healing, Garden

  Moses Ibn Ezra (1945). “‏מחברת משירי משה בן יעקב אבן עזרא /‏”

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• Sorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love.

  Moses ibn Ezra

  Heart, Men, Sorrow

  Moses Ibn Ezra (1945). “‏מחברת משירי משה בן יעקב אבן עזרא /‏”

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• Lust should be stifled, for it cannot lead to truth.

  Moses ibn Ezra

  Lust, Should

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