“A book of verses underneath the bough
A flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness
And wilderness is paradise now.”
― Edward Fitzgerald's The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
A flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness
And wilderness is paradise now.”
― Edward Fitzgerald's The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
“When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.”
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“Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him – He formed them all without consulting thee.” Three Cups of Tea”
― Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
― Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
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