Quotes by
Omar Khayyam |
1048-1131 , Persia poet & polymath
Persian polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential thinkers of the Middle Ages. He wrote numerous treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy and astronomy.He became famous in the West when Edward FitzGerald translated Khayyám's quatrains in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
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Quotations
| • | The day you spent without passionate love was the most wasted day of your life. 3 |
| • | A truth that needs proof is a half-truth. |
| • | Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom. |
Quotes in Verse
| • | Now is the time for wine, flowers, and feasting with friends. Enjoy this moment. This moment is your life. 1 |
| • | Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet. |
| • | To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much Just remember two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever And better be alone, than with whoever. |
