O Friend, to what good art thou preoccupied with

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O Friend, to what good art thou preoccupied with by Omar Khayyam

O Friend, to what good art thou preoccupied with
being? Why trouble thus thy heart, thy soul with idle
thoughts? Live happily, pass thy time joyously, for you
were not asked your opinion about the making of things
as they are.

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