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By reason's dictates it is right to live,

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By reason's dictates it is right to live, by Omar Khayyam

By reason's dictates it is right to live,
But of ourselves we know not how to live,
So Fortune, like a master, rod in hand,
Raps our pates well to teach us how to live!

Form: Iambic Pentameter

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