Whether at Naishápúr or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run, The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.
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About Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam was a medieval Persian polymath and poet. Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) was a Persian poet and polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and Persian literature. He was born in Nishapur, Iran and lived during the Seljuk era, around the time of the First Crusade. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.”
— Omar Khayyam
Moving Finger Line

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
— Omar Khayyam
Life Happy Be Happy

“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.”
— Omar Khayyam
Friends Daughter Brave

“Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint and heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went.”
— Omar Khayyam
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“Ah take the cash and let the credit go.”
— Omar Khayyam
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“Strange - is it not? - that of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.”
— Omar Khayyam
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