Were it not Folly, Spider-like to spin The Thread of present Life away to win- What? for ourselves, who know not if we shall Breathe out the very Bre… - Omar Khayyám

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Were it not Folly, Spider-like to spin
The Thread of present Life away to win-
What? for ourselves, who know not if we shall
Breathe out the very Breath we now breathe in!

uncertainty mortality
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About Omar Khayyám

Omar Khayyam [ عمر خیام Persian] (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, writer, and poet; originally named Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi Khayyámi (غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابوری) Edward FitzGerald's translations of his poetic Rubaiyat (Quatrains) were immensely popular, and remain influential.

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Native Name: حکیم عُمَر خَیّام نیشابوری • غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشاپوری
Alternative Names: Omar Khayyam • Hakim Omar Khayyám
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Darnic ești și dărnicia știe daruri să împartă.
Dar de ce nelegiuiții lângă rai rămân la poartă?
De mă ierți doar prin credință, darul ăsta e zadarnic:
Iartă-mă și cu păcate, și atuncea, da, ești darnic!...
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