And this I know: whether the one True Light Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite, One Flash of it within the Tavern caught Better than in the Temple lost outright.
Poet, mathematician, astronomer
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Stanza XLVII
c. 11th-12th century
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"The pleasures of this world are fleeting, but the sorrows are eternal."
Controversial"Let us drink wine, for it is the life of eternity, and the joy of youth, and the companion of old age, and the soul of pleasure."
Controversial"Ah, fill the Cup:—what boots it to repeat How Time is slipping underneath our Feet: Unborn To-morrow, and dead Yesterday, Why fret about them if To-day be sweet!"
Humorous"Drink wine and be merry, for this is all that is left of life."
Controversial"And still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields, And still a Garden by the Water builds: Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest; Oh, the brave Music of a distant Drum!"
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