"Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose!……" — Omar Khayyam
"Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youths sweet-scented Manuscript should close!"
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Omar Khayyam
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55 Quotes by Omar Khayyam
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The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the…
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A hair divides what is false and true.
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A drink is shorter than a tale
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Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate; And many a Knot…
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Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time…
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I wonder what the vintners buy one half so precious as the stuff they sell.
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Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.
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Oh, the brave Music 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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Algebras are geometric facts which are proved.
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Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine,…
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Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.
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