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Omar Khayyam was a Persian philosopher, mathematician, and poet, renowned for his contributions to algebra and his philosophical works, particularly the 'Quatrains', which have had a profound influence on Western literature and thought.

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Famous Omar Khayyam Quotes

“The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell.”

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Author:Omar Khayyam

“So when that Angel of the darker Drink, at last shall find you by the river-brink, And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul forth to your Lips to quaff-you shall not shrink.”

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Book:Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition

Source: Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition

“Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly-and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.”

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Book:The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Source: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

“Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.”

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Book:Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-poet of Persia

Source: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-poet of Persia

“Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry.”

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Book:Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition

Source: Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition

“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 yours Will 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.”

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Author: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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Book:The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Source: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam