The wise man is he who enjoys the present, for the future is uncertain and the past is gone.
Poet, mathematician, astronomer
Rubaiyat (common theme, exact phrasing can vary by translation)
c. 11th-12th Century
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"Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate I rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate, And many a Knot unravel'd by the Road; But not the Master-knot of Human Fate."
Strange & Unusual"Earth then an endless Tabernacle drew Of Him whose coming none can tell, nor who, To fill the Bowl where now we pour the Wine, Before we too into the Dust shall strew."
Humorous"Ah, with the Grape my fading Life provide, And wash the Body whence the Life has died, And in a winding-sheet of Vine-leaf wrapt, So bury me by some sweet Garden-side."
Controversial"We are no other than a moving row Of Magic Shadow-shapes that come and go Round with the Sun-illumined Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show;"
Humorous"While you live, drink!—for, once dead, you never shall return."
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