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

Omar Khayyam

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Omar Khayyam
Age: 83 †
Born: 1048
Born: May 15
Died: 1131
Died: December 4
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Hakim Omar Khayyám
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Heaven but the vision of fulfilled desire, and Hell the shadow from a soul on fire.
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Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!
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He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
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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.
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