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 for ever dies.
Poet, mathematician, astronomer
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Stanza XXVI
c. 11th-12th century
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"Another and another Cup to drown The Memory of this Impertinence!"
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