I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love.
OMAR KHAYYAMThy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
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The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
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Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum!
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This clay, so strong of heart, of sense so fine, Surely such clay is more than half divine–‘Tis only fools speak evil of the clay, The very stars are made of clay like mine.
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You’ve seen the world, and all you’ve seen is nothing; and everything, as well, that you have said and heard is nothing. You’ve sprinted everywhere between here and the horizon; it is nothing. And all the possessions you’ve treasured up at home are nothing.
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A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
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My friend, let’s not think of tomorrow, but let’s enjoy this fleeting moment of life.
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Justice is the soul of the universe.
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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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Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.
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I wonder what the vintners buy one half so precious as the stuff they sell.
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Think, in this batter’d Caravanserai Whose portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp Abode his destin’d Hour and went his way.
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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
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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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