"Indeed the Idols I have loved so long,……" — Omar Khayyam
"Indeed the Idols I have loved so long, have done my credit in this World much wrong; have drowned my Glory in a shallow Cup, and sold my Reputation for a Song."
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Omar Khayyam
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55 Quotes by Omar Khayyam
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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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