Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
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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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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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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Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.
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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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A hair divides what is false and true.
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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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You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
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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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Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls.
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Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youths sweet-scented Manuscript should close!
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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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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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He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
OMAR KHAYYAM