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1. "Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet." ~ Omar Khayyam
2. "Ne goûte qu'au présent... le passé a l'odeurdes Morts." ~ Omar Khayyam
3. "Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,Before we too into the Dust descend; Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie,Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and—sans End!" ~ Omar Khayyam
4. "Cennet de sende, cehennem de." ~ Omar Khayyam
5. "Is it not folly, Spider-like to spinThe Thread of present Life away to win-What? for ourselves, who know not if we shallBreathe out the very Breath we now breathe in!" ~ Omar Khayyam
6. "Youth, like a magic bird, has flown awayHe sang a little morning-hour in MaySang to the rose, his love, that too is gone--Whither is more than you or I can say." ~ Omar Khayyam
7. "They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshýd gloried and drank deep: And Bahrám, that great Hunter--the Wild Ass Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his Sleep." ~ Omar Khayyam
8. "Close your Koran.Think in freedom and look with open mindat Heaven and Earth. Forgive everyone his sins. Don't cause anyone grief." ~ Omar Khayyam
9. "The creator of stars, heaven and earthsurpassed himself when he also created pain. Lips like rubies, delicious-smelling hair, blooming flowers, how many of you arealready buried in earthy soil?" ~ Omar Khayyam
10. "Yea! I believe that He who made the skiesIs wonderfully good, and very wise,--Beloved Friend! Hast thou never seenThe tears of pity gather in His eyes?" ~ Omar Khayyam
11. "Drunk am I with very love and awe;'Twas ever thus with veritable seers--Too drunk with joy to tell us what they saw." ~ Omar Khayyam
12. "Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light" ~ Omar Khayyam
13. "How sweet is mortal Sovranty!"—think some: Others—"How blest the Paradise to come!" Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest; Oh, the brave Music of a distant Drum!" ~ Omar Khayyam
14. "As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don't hurt others." ~ Omar Khayyam
15. "Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and ThouBeside me singing in the Wilderness -And Wilderness is Paradise enow." ~ Omar Khayyam
16. "How sad, a heart thatdoes not know how to love, thatdoes not know what it is to be drunk with love.If you are not in love, how can you enjoythe blinding light of the sun,the soft light of the moon?" ~ Omar Khayyam
17. "Realise this: one day your soulwill depart from your body and you willbe drawn behind the curtain that floats between usand the unknown. While you wait for that moment, be happy,because you don't know where you came from andyou don't know where you will be going." ~ Omar Khayyam
18. "May your love for your belovedbe as great as the love of the bottle for the glass.Look, how one gives and one receives, lip againstlip, the precious blood of the grapes!" ~ Omar Khayyam
19. "Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!" ~ Omar Khayyam
20. "Then said another -- "Surely not in vain My Substance from the common Earth was ta'en, That He who subtly wrought me into Shape Should stamp me back to common Earth again." ~ Omar Khayyam
21. "The Grape that can with Logic absolute The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute: The subtle Alchemist that in a Trice Life's leaden Metal into Gold transmute." ~ Omar Khayyam
22. "I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love." ~ Omar Khayyam
23. "I see a horseman disappearing intothe evening mist. Will he travel through woodsor across wild plains? Where is he heading? I don't know.Tomorrow, will I be stretched out above orbelow the earth? I don't know." ~ Omar Khayyam
24. "Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside,And naked on the Air of Heaven ride,Is it not a Shame--is it not a Shame for himSo long in this Clay suburb to abide!" ~ Omar Khayyam
25. "Into this Universe, and why not knowing,Nor whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing;And out of it, as Wind along the Waste,I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing." ~ Omar Khayyam
26. "The scent of wine risingfrom my grave will be so strongthat it will intoxicate passers-by.There will be such an atmosphere of serenitythat couples in love will find it impossibleto tear themselves away." ~ Omar Khayyam
27. "Strange is the riddle of this life of ours!Who knows the meaning of the heavenly powers?Great Caesar's wounds bleed yearly in the rose,And flower-like ladies turn again to flowers." ~ Omar Khayyam
28. "This clay, so strong of heart, of sense so fine,Surely such clay is more than half divine--'Tis only fools speak evil of the clay,The very stars are made of clay like mine." ~ Omar Khayyam
29. "Iki tür göz vardir: Bedenin gözü ve ruhun gözü… Bedenin gözü kimi zaman unutabilir; ama ruhun gözü her zaman animsar." ~ Omar Khayyam
30. "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." ~ Omar Khayyam
31. "Tis all a Chequer-board of nights and daysWhere Destiny with men for Pieces plays:Hither and thither moves, and mates,and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays." ~ Omar Khayyam
32. "When your soul and minehave left our bodies and we areburried alongside each other,a Potter may one day mouldthe dust of both of usinto the same clay." ~ Omar Khayyam
33. "Don't pursue happiness!Life is as short as a sigh.The dust of people that were once famousturn with the reddish clay on the wheel you arelooking at. The universe is a fata morgana;life is a dream." ~ Omar Khayyam
34. "Old Khayyám, say you, is a debauchee;If only you were half so good as he!He sins no sins but gentle drunkenness,Great-hearted mirth, and kind adultery.But yours the cold heart, and the murderous tongue,The wintry soul that hates to hear a song,The close-shut fist, the mean and measuring eye,And all the little poisoned ways of wrong." ~ Omar Khayyam
35. "I hide my distress, just likethe blessed birds hide themselveswhen they are preparing to die. Wine! Wine, roses, music and yourindifference to my sadness, my loved-one!" ~ Omar Khayyam
36. "Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit Of This and That endeavor and dispute; Better be merry with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, fruit." ~ Omar Khayyam
37. "Be quiet, pain and sorrow! Let me find a remedy. I have to live, as once dead there is no memory. And I want to see my love and be with her. And I want to remember our being together." ~ Omar Khayyam
38. "What shall I do, today? Visit the pub?Sit down in a garden with a book? A birdflies past. Where is it headed? It's out ofsight already. The drunkenness of a bird in theburning azure. The melancholy of a manin the cool shadow of a mosque." ~ Omar Khayyam
39. "Know yourself as a snowdrift on the sand Heaped for two days, or three, then thawed and gone. (c.1050-c.1123)" ~ Omar Khayyam
40. "Heaven has not learned of my arrival, and my departure will not in the least diminish it beauty and grandeur. I will sleep underground, for us ephemeral mortals, the only eternity is the moment and drinking to the moment is better than weeping for it." ~ Omar Khayyam
41. "Now the New Year reviving old Desires. The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand Of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires." ~ Omar Khayyam
42. "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." ~ Omar Khayyam
43. "This worldthat was our homefor a brief spellnever brought us anythingbut pain and grief;its a shame that not one of our problemswas ever solved.We departwith a thousand regretsin our hearts." ~ Omar Khayyam
44. "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
45. "When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back." ~ Omar Khayyam
46. "A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou." ~ Omar Khayyam
47. "Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again." ~ Omar Khayyam
48. "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 as in I went." ~ Omar Khayyam
49. "When you are so full of sorrowthat you can't walk, can't cry anymore,think about the green foliage that sparkles afterthe rain. When the daylight exhausts you, whenyou hope a final night will cover the world,think about the awakening of a young child." ~ Omar Khayyam
50. "How much more of the mosque, of prayer and fasting?Better go drunk and begging round the taverns.Khayyam, drink wine, for soon this clay of yoursWill make a cup, bowl, one day a jar.When once you hear the roses are in bloom,Then is the time, my love, to pour the wine;Houris and palaces and Heaven and Hell-These are but fairy-tales, forget them all." ~ Omar Khayyam
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