But yesterday, at eve, I broke a china cup against a

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But yesterday, at eve, I broke a china cup against a by Omar Khayyam

But yesterday, at eve, I broke a china cup against a
stone. I was drunk when committing this senseless act.
This cup seemed to say to me: «I have been like thee;
thou wilt, in thy turn, be like me.»
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