The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell.
OMAR KHAYYAMHere’s to the man Who owns the land That bears the grapes That makes the wine That tastes as good As this does.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
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A drink is shorter than a tale.
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Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.
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Drink! For you know not whence you came nor why.
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Yes, the first morning of creation wrote what the last dawn of reckoning shall read.
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Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev’n with Paradise devise the snake; For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man Is blackened – Man’s forgiveness give and take!
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By Fate full many a heart has been undone, And many a sprightly rose made woe-begone; Plume thee not on thy lusty youth and strength: Full many a bud is blasted ere its bloom.
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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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You’ve seen the world, and all you’ve seen is nothing; and everything, as well, that you have said and heard is nothing. You’ve sprinted everywhere between here and the horizon; it is nothing. And all the possessions you’ve treasured up at home are nothing.
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Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youths sweet-scented Manuscript should close!
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And this I know; whether the one True Light Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite, One flash of it within the Tavern caught Better than in the temple lost outright.
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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
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Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.
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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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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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