Quotes by Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Persian astronoom, poet

Lived from: 1048 - 1131

Category: Philosophers | Scientists | Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagIran

Born: 24 may 1048 Died: 11 december 1131

  • Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
  • 'Tis all a Checker-board of Nights and days where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates and slays, and one by one back in the Closet lays.

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  • The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.
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  • A hair divides what is false and true.
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  • And that inverted bowl we call The Sky, where under crawling coop't we live and die, lift not thy hands to It for help - for it rolls impotently on as thou or I.
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  • Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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  • Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
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  • Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
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  • Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum!
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  • There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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  • You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
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  • 'Tis all a Checker-board of Nights and days where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates and slays, and one by one back in the Closet lays.
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What are the most famous quotes from Omar Khayyam?

The two most famous quotes from Omar Khayyam are:

  • "The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it."
  • "A hair divides what is false and true."

When did Omar Khayyam live?

Omar Khayyam was born in 1048 and died in the year 1131.