The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on.
OMAR KHAYYAMFor in and out, above, about, below, ‘Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show, Played in a Box whose Candle is the Sun, Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom.
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The Stars are setting and the Caravan Starts for the Dawn of Nothing-Oh, make haste!
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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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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.
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To be free of belief and unbelief is my religion.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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Yes, the first morning of creation wrote what the last dawn of reckoning shall read.
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Tomorrow! – Why, tomorrow I may be Myself with yesterday’s sev’n thousand years.
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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
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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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A drink is shorter than a tale.
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Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
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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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Heaven but the vision of fulfilled desire, and Hell the shadow from a soul on fire.
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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.
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