Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
OMAR KHAYYAMTo-day is thine to spend, but not to-morrow; Counting on morrows breedeth bankrupt sorrow: O squander not this breath that Heaven hath lent thee; Make not too sure another breath to borrow.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
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Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.
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Thy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul.
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Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and-sans End!
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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
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As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don’t hurt others.
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Drink! For you know not whence you came nor why.
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Living Life Tomorrow’s fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
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If I don’t enjoy myself now, when shall I?
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
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Heaven has not learned of my arrival, and my departure will not in the least diminish it beauty and grandeur. I will sleep underground, for us ephemeral mortals, the only eternity is the moment and drinking to the moment is better than weeping for it.
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Tomorrow! – Why, tomorrow I may be Myself with yesterday’s sev’n thousand years.
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He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
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The rose that once has bloomed forever dies.
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