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Some said to me: Drink less of wine. What reason

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Some said to me: Drink less of wine. What reason by Omar Khayyam

Some said to me: Drink less of wine. What reason
have you for not giving it up? The reason that I give
is first the face of my friend [God] and secondly the
morning cup. Be just and tell me, Is it possible to give
a more luminous reason?

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