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Famous Omar Khayyam Quotes
“I wonder what the vintners buy one half so precious as the stuff they sell.”
“Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.”
“Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum!”
“Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.”
“Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.”
“Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry.”
“Thy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul.”
“Heaven but the vision of fulfilled desire, and Hell the shadow from a soul on fire.”
“My friend, let's not think of tomorrow, but let's enjoy this fleeting moment of life.”
“The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on.”
“The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”
“Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and-sans End!”
“The Stars are setting and the Caravan Starts for the Dawn of Nothing-Oh, make haste!”
“Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.”
“Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!”
“Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youths sweet-scented Manuscript should close!”