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Khayyam Omar

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Khayyam Omar
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Quote 1

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Quote 2

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

Quote 3

A hair divides what is false and true.

Quote 4

Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since "the rest of your life" won’t last forever

Quote 5

Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

Quote 6

There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.

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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.

Quote 8

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.

Quote 9

Beyond the earth, beyond the farthest skies I try to find Heaven and Hell. Then I hear a solemn voice that says: "Heaven and hell are inside.