{"author":"Solomon ibn Gabirol","author_id":"Solomon+ibn+Gabirol","total_quotes":7,"quotes":[{"text":"A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.","author":"Solomon ibn Gabirol","tags":["argument","criticism","dialogue"],"id":22359,"author_id":"Solomon+ibn+Gabirol"},{"text":"The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others'.","author":"Solomon ibn Gabirol","tags":["reality-of-life"],"id":50345,"author_id":"Solomon+ibn+Gabirol"},{"text":"What is the test of good manners? Being able to bear patiently with bad ones.","author":"Solomon ibn Gabirol","tags":["politeness","manners"],"id":80538,"author_id":"Solomon+ibn+Gabirol"},{"text":"A wise man’s questions contain half the answer.","author":"Solomon ibn Gabirol","tags":["questioning-mind","questions"],"id":144562,"author_id":"Solomon+ibn+Gabirol"},{"text":"The Sage was asked to define good manners? To which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.","author":"Solomon ibn Gabirol","tags":["manners","patience"],"id":224923,"author_id":"Solomon+ibn+Gabirol"},{"text":"Faith is the summit of the Torah.","author":"Solomon ibn Gabirol","tags":["faith","unity"],"id":341346,"author_id":"Solomon+ibn+Gabirol"},{"text":"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.","author":"Solomon ibn Gabirol","tags":["friendship","simile"],"id":467317,"author_id":"Solomon+ibn+Gabirol"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":7,"pages":1}}