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.
OMAR KHAYYAMThe rose that once has bloomed forever dies.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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A drink is shorter than a tale.
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Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
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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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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
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Justice is the soul of the universe.
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When you are so full of sorrow that you can’t walk, can’t cry anymore, think about the green foliage that sparkles after the rain. When the daylight exhausts you, when you hope a final night will cover the world, think about the awakening of a young child.
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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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A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
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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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The unbeliever knows his Koran best.
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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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Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life’s Liquor in its Cup be dry.
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And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling cooped we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help-for it As impotently moves as you or I
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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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If I don’t enjoy myself now, when shall I?
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