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"The rose that once has bloomed forever dies."
"Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight."
"Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky, I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry."
"When you and I behind the Veil are past, Oh, but the long, long while the World shall last."
"The worldly hope men set their hearts upon turns ashes — or it prospers; and anon, like snow upon the desert's dusty face lighting a little hour or two — is gone."
"Tis all a chequer-board of Nights and Days where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, and one by one back in the Closet lays."
"Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring. The Winter Garment of Repentance fling."
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"You know, my friends, how tall this edifice has grown."
"I often wonder what the vintners buy, One half so precious as the stuff they sell."
"Ah, with the Grape my fading life provide, and wash my Body whence the life has died, And in a Windingsheet of Vine leaf wrapt, so bury me by some sweet Garden side."
"The Ball no question makes of Ayes or Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes."
"Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea."
"And those who husbanded the Golden grain, and those who flung it to the winds like rain. — Alike to no such matter if you were. The Player once went Tarnef unable not know, all their Names — and Tears; the King must die."
"The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on."
"A book of verse, underneath the bough, a jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou beside me singing in the wilderness."
"Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough, a flask of wine, a book of verse, and thou beside me singing in the wilderness."
"And that inverted bowl we call The Sky, where under crawling coop't we live and die, lift not thy hands to It for help, for it rolls impotently on as thou or I."
"I have only kissed once in my life - after that the wine does not count."
"Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai, whose portals are alternate night and day, how Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp abode his destined hour and went his way."
"To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much. Just remember two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever, and better be alone than with whoever."
"And those who husbanded the Golden grain, and those who flung it to the winds like Rain - alike to no such aureate earth are turn'd as, buried once, men want dug up again."
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"Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say; Yes, but where leaves the Rose of yesterday? And this first Summer month that brings the Rose shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobad away."
"To what purpose, when your mind is in the grip of overpowering emotion, to learn that on this day the feasts of Saturn are celebrated?"
"Let us make the most of what we yet may spend, before we too into the Dust descend."
"For I remember stopping by the way to watch a Potter thumping his wet Clay: And with its all-obliterated Tongue it murmur'd---"Gently, Brother, gently, pray!""
"You know, my friends, how long since in my House for a new Marriage I did make Carouse: Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed, and took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse."
"The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on. Nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line."
"Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
"They say the lion and the lizard keep the courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep. And Bahram, that great hunter, the wild ass stamps o'er his head, but cannot break his sleep."
"I sent my soul through the invisible, some letter of that afterlife to spell. And by and by my soul returned to me, and answered: I myself am Heaven and Hell."
"Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare; Tomorrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair: Drink! For you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! For you know not why you go, nor where."
"The new-year joy-bells say, we come to waken all. No, no! Your wakening after death we can't recall."
"And when like her, oh Saki, you shall pass among the guests star-scattered on the grass, and in your joyous errand reach the spot where I made one turn down an empty glass!"
"Many sands are in the paths of eternity, and my spirit has traveled them all."
"Now the long shadow pauses in the path, now is the moment of my afterdeath."
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"Morning a thousand roses brings, you have always been thorn, knocked at my door, shouting, ' Wake up, you have slept enough.'"
"I came like water, and like wind I go."
"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."
"You know, my Friends, with what brave inattenti[c]on I do sit, drink, and watch the vain world's uproar."
"The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes -- or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little Hour or two -- is gone."
"The moving hand writes, and having writ, moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it."
"I sent my soul through the invisible, some letter of that after-life to spell."
"The rose is a rose, and was always a rose."
"Look to the blowing rose about us – 'Lo, Laughing,' she says, 'into the world I blow: At once the silken tassel of my purse Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw.'"
"A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou."
"Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear."
"And when Thyself with shining Foot shall pass Among the Guests Star-scatter'd on the Grass, And in thy joyous Errand reach the Spot Where I made One - turn down an empty Glass!"
"Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, 'Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry.'"
"With me along the strip of Herbage strown That just divides the desert from the sown, Where name of Slave and Sultan scarce is known, And pity Sultan Mahmud on his Throne."
"Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To flutter-and the Bird is on the Wing."
"Better a live sparrow than a stuffed eagle."
"Oh, threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain - This life flies."
"The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face Lighting a little Hour or two - is gone."
"I often wonder what the vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell."
"Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears Today of past Regrets and future Fears."
"Back to my native place, I took my way, The way of one upon a lonely road."
"I have wasted my days and my nights in inaction."
"The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on; nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line."
"Ah Love! could thou and I with Fate conspire to grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, would we not shatter it to bits - and then re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!"
"The flower that once has blown forever dies."
"Be of good cheer, the sullen months will end; and he who has endured till the end, He only has achieved true happiness."
"Nor all your tears wash out a word of it."
"The secret must be kept from all who have not loved, and who will never love; all eyes may see it done - yet never comprehend its mystery."
"There was a Door to which I found no key; There was a Veil past which I could not see: Some little talk awhile of Me and Thee There seemed - and then no more of Thee and Me."
"I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul returned to me, And answered 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell'."
"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!"
"The thoughtful soul to Solitude retires."
"Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise to talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; one thing is certain, and that is Death; one thing is fickle, and that is the Fate we live."
"Ah with the Grape my fading Life provide, and wash my Body whence the Life has died, and in a Windingsheet of Vine-leaf wrapt, so bury me by some sweet Garden-side."
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, a Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou beside me singing in the Wilderness - Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!"
"For in and out, above, about, below, 'tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show, play'd in a Box whose Candle is the Sun, round which we Phantom Figures come and go."
"While the Rose blows along the River Brink, with old Khayyam the Ruby Vintage drink: and when the Angel with his darker Draught draws up to Thee - take that, and do not shrink."
"The Revelations of Devout and Learn'd who rose before us, and as Prophets burn'd, are all but Stories, which awoke from a deep and truth They themselves betray'd."
"Yesterday this Day's Madness did prepare; tomorrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair: drink! For you know not whence you came nor why: drink! For you know not why you go, nor where."
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
"The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on. Nor all thy piety nor wit can lure it back to cancel half a line."
"A hair divides what is false and true."
"Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where."
"The vine had struck its roots as deep as yours, and spread its boughs as wide in air."
"Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, before we too into the Dust descend."
"They say the lion and the lizard keep the courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep."
"Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare; To-morrow's Silence Triumph, or Despair: Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where."
"I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, and answer'd: 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell'"
"And do you think that unto such as you; A maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew: God gave the secret, and denied it me? Well, well, what matters it! Believe that too."
"Ah Love! could thou and I with fate conspire to grasp this sorry Scheme of things entire, would not we shatter it to bits--and then Re-mould it nearer to the heart's desire!"
"You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed and took the daughter of the vine to spouse."
"Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."
"Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say; Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?"
"Heaven but the Vision of fulfilled desire, and Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, So late emerged from, shall so soon expire."
"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."
"The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, but right or Left as strikes the Player goes; and He that tossed you down into the field, He knows about it all--He knows--HE knows!"
"Strange, is it not? that of the myriads who before us passed the door of Darkness through, not one returns to tell us of the Road, which to discover we must travel too."
"Ah, Moon of my Delight who Knows No Wane; the Moon of Heaven is rising once again: how oft hereafter rising shall she look through this same Garden after me--in vain!"
"Ah, with the Grape my fading Life provide, and wash my Body whence the Life has died, and in a Windingsheet of Vine-leaf wrapt, so bury me by some sweet Garden-side."
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