Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss’d Of the Two Worlds so wisely – they are thrust Like foolish Prophets forth; their Words to Scorn Are scattered, and their mouths are stopped with Dust.
OMAR KHAYYAMThe secret must be kept from all non-people. The mystery must be hidden from all idiots.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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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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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
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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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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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I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love.
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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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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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Into this universe, and why not knowing Nor whence, like water willy-nilly flowing; And out of it, as wind along the wate, I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.
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It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire, and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze. The day on which you are without passionate love is the most wasted day of your life.
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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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Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him – He formed them all without consulting thee.
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The entire world shall be populous with that action which saves one soul from despair.
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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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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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