Keep from the trouble and vexation of aiming to acquire

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Keep from the trouble and vexation of aiming to acquire by Omar Khayyam

Keep from the trouble and vexation of aiming to acquire
white silver or yellow gold. Eat with thy friend,
ere thy warm breath be cooled, for after thee come enemies
who will eat thee.

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