I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
OMAR KHAYYAMThis body is a tent which for a space Does the pure soul with kingly presence grace; When he departs, comes the tent-pitcher, Death, Strikes it, and moves to a new halting-place.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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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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If I don’t enjoy myself now, when shall I?
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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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Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
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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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He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
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I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return’d to me, And answer’d: ‘I Myself am Heav’n and Hell.
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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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Heaven but the vision of fulfilled desire, and Hell the shadow from a soul on fire.
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Fools, your reward is neither here nor there.
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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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To be free of belief and unbelief is my religion.
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But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.
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