“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.”
― The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
― The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
“Oh, come with old Khayyàm, and leave the Wise
To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies;
One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”
―
To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies;
One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”
―
“a man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.”
― The Pilgrim's Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come
― The Pilgrim's Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come
“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.”
― Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
― Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
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