The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
OMAR KHAYYAMThe thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more.
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How sad, a heart that does not know how to love, that does not know what it is to be drunk with love. If you are not in love, how can you enjoy the blinding light of the sun, the soft light of the moon?
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To be free of belief and unbelief is my religion.
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The Flower that once has blown forever dies.
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I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love.
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Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly-and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.
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The unbeliever knows his Koran best.
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The rose that once has bloomed forever dies.
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So when that Angel of the darker Drink, at last shall find you by the river-brink, And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul forth to your Lips to quaff-you shall not shrink.
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So I be written in the Book of Love. I do not care about that Book Above. Erase my name, or write it as you will. So I be written in the Book of Love.
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Fools, your reward is neither here nor there.
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Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend. And kindness reconcile a deadly foe.
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In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls.
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Hearts are like tapers, which at beauteous eyes Kindle a flame of love that never dies; And beauty is a flame, where hearts, like moths, Offer themselves a burning sacrifice.
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