The Potter, having labor’d long and sore In many a Wheel, turns out at last no more Than a broken Pot, which he throws away, And then begins his work again as before.
Poet, mathematician, astronomer
Rubaiyat (less common translation/interpretation)
c. 11th-12th Century
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"Why, all the Saints and Sages who discussed Of the Two Worlds so learnedly, are thrust Like foolish Prophets forth; their Words to Scorn Are scattered, and their Mouths are stopped with Dust."
Controversial"Better to be intoxicated with wine than with the vain hopes of this world."
Controversial"For in the Market-place, one Dusk of Day, I watched the Potter thumping his wet Clay: And with its all obliterated Tongue It murmur'd—'Gently, Brother, gently, pray!'"
Strange & Unusual"The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one."
Strange & Unusual"The wise man is he who enjoys the present, for the future is uncertain and the past is gone."
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