The wise man is he who enjoys the present, for the future is uncertain and the past is gone.
Poet, mathematician, astronomer
The wise man is he who enjoys the present, for the future is uncertain and the past is gone.
Poet, mathematician, astronomer
Rubaiyat (common theme, exact phrasing can vary by translation)
c. 11th-12th Century
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