Quotation of the Day

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Michael

 

Omar Khayam

“Oh come with old Khayyam, 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 for ever dies.” ― The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, done into English by Edward Fitzgerald, with illustrations by Paul McPharlin.  Mount Vernon.  The Peter Pauper Press.

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Retired military officer; retired Air Force civil servant; retired executive, DS Information Systems Corporation; writer; researcher; reader and avid yachtsman.
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