“Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.”
― Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.”
― Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
“O friend, for the morrow let us not worry
This moment we have now, let us not hurry
When our time comes, we shall not tarry
With seven thousand-year-olds, our burden carry”
― Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
This moment we have now, let us not hurry
When our time comes, we shall not tarry
With seven thousand-year-olds, our burden carry”
― Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
“Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certain - This Life flies;
One thing is certain and the rest is Lies -
The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”
― Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
One thing at least is certain - This Life flies;
One thing is certain and the rest is Lies -
The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”
― Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
“Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day”
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“Drink wine and look at the moon
and think of all the civilisations
the moon has seen passing by.”
― The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
and think of all the civilisations
the moon has seen passing by.”
― The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Miqdad’s 2024 Year in Books
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