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Letter "O" » Omar Khayyam Quotes
«So when that Angel of the darker Drink At last shall find you by the river-brink, And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul Forth to your Lips to to quaff - you shall not shrink»
«Tonight I will make a tun of wine, Set myself up with two bowls of it; First I will divorce absolutely reason and religion, Then take to wife the daughter of the vine»
«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 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»
«A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.»
Author: Omar Khayyam
«The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.»
Author: Omar Khayyam
«The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.»
Author: Omar Khayyam
«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.»
Author: Omar Khayyam
«There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.»
Author: Omar Khayyam
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