It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter. - Solomon ibn Gabirol

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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

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Solomon ibn Gabirol (Salamo Ben Jehuda Ben Gebirol, known in the Christian West as Avicebrol) was a Spanish-Jewish poet and philosopher (c. 1021-c. 1058)

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Alternative Names: Solomon ben Judah Ibn Gabirol • Avicebron • ʾIbn Gabiyrwl Šelomoh
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My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
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