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The unbeliever knows his Koran best.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam 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.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam So I be written in the Book of Love. I do not care about that Book Above. Erase my name, or write it as you will. So I be written in the Book of Love.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam The secret must be kept from all non-people. The mystery must be hidden from all idiots.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam Think 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.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum!
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam We are in truth but pieces on this chess board of life, which in the end we leave, only to drop one by one into the grave of nothingness.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam Indeed the Idols I have loved so long, have done my credit in this World much wrong; have drowned my Glory in a shallow Cup, and sold my Reputation for a Song.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam 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 KhayyamOmar Khayyam 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.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam 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
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam
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