The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
OMAR KHAYYAMThink not I dread to see my spirit fly, Through the dark gates of fell mortality; Death has no terrors when the life is true; ‘Tis living ill that makes us fear to die.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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The Flower that once has blown forever dies.
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Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!
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Here’s to the man Who owns the land That bears the grapes That makes the wine That tastes as good As this does.
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A drink is shorter than a tale.
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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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The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell.
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Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.
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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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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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Justice is the soul of the universe.
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The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the diseased; and wealth, by the needy.
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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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Don’t cry upon your losses Don’t measure today with tomorows Don’t trust to be passed and coming day believe in now – and be happy today.
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Men talk of heaven, – there is no heaven but here; Men talk of hell, – there is no hell but here; Men of hereafters talk and future lives, – O love, there is no other life – but here.
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Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youths sweet-scented Manuscript should close!
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