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Omar Khayyám

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Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) was a Persian poet and polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and Persian literature.

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Notable works: Rubāʻīyāt

About Omar Khayyám

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.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Omar Khayyám

“The secrets eternal neither you know nor I And answers to the riddle neither you know nor I Behind the veil there…

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“And do you think that unto such as you A maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew God gave a secret, and denied it me?…

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How much more of the mosque, of prayer and fasting? Better go drunk and begging round the taverns. Khayyam, drink wine, for…

Atheist

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“It is a shame for anyone to be well-known for righteousness. It is a great disgrace to feel distress at the injustice…

Fate

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“Why do you sell your wine, merchant? What can they give you in exchange for your wine? Money? … And what can…

Dreams

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“Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Is it not a Shame--is…

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Don't cry upon you losses Don't mesure today with tommorows Don't trust to passed and coming day Believe in now - and…

Believe

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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…

Hell

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Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For…

Destiny

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“When your soul and mine have left our bodies and we are burried alongside each other, a Potter may one day mould…

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How sad, a heart that does not know how to love, that does not know what it is to be drunk with…

Doe

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Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!

Cash

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Tomorrow! - Why, tomorrow I may be Myself with yesterday's sev'n thousand years.

May

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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.

Today

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“Today is the time of my youth I drink wine because it is my solace; Do not blame me, although it is…

Life

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Realise this: one day your soul will depart from your body and you will be drawn behind the curtain that floats between…

Behinds

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By the help of God and with His precious assistance, I say that Algebra is a scientific art. The objects with which…

Absolutes

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Ah Love! could you and I with him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire Would we not shatter it…

Bits

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“Beyond the earth, beyond the farthest skies I try to find Heaven and Hell. Then I hear a solemn voice that says:…

Heaven and hell

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“Drink wine and look at the moon and think of all the civilisations the moon has seen passing by.”

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Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.

Bitter

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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 Waste,…

Knowing

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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…

Boards

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Heaven has not learned of my arrival, and my departure will not in the least diminish it beauty and grandeur. I will…

Arrivals

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Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by…

Argument

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Omar Khayyám by topic

Life (40) Love (25) Time (16) Wine (14) Death (12) Soul (10) Spirituality (9) Rose (9) Heaven (9) Nature (8) Heart (8)