I have not asked for life. But I try to accept whatever life brings without surprise. And I shall depart again without having questioned anyone about my strange stay here on earth.
OMAR KHAYYAMAs 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.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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The unbeliever knows his Koran best.
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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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To be free of belief and unbelief is my religion.
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Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youths sweet-scented Manuscript should close!
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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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He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
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Justice is the soul of the universe.
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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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You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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The Stars are setting and the Caravan Starts for the Dawn of Nothing-Oh, make haste!
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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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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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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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Ah Love! could you and I with him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire Would we not shatter it to bits-and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart’s Desire?
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