There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
OMAR KHAYYAMThe Revelations of Devout and Learn’d Who rose before us, and as Prophets burn’d, Are all but Stories, which, awoke from Sleep They told their comrades, and to Sleep return’d.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life’s Liquor in its Cup be dry.
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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.
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The secret must be kept from all non-people. The mystery must be hidden from all idiots.
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My friend, let’s not think of tomorrow, but let’s enjoy this fleeting moment of life.
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I can’t reveal the mystery to either saint or sinner; I can’t state at length what I’ve said curtly; I achieve an altered state that I can’t explain; I have a secret that I cannot share.
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Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.
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Drink! For you know not whence you came nor why.
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If I don’t enjoy myself now, when shall I?
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Think, in this batter’d Caravanserai Whose portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp Abode his destin’d Hour and went his way.
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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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Heaven but the vision of fulfilled desire, and Hell the shadow from a soul on fire.
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Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
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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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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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