The sages who have well considered this world of

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The sages who have well considered this world of by Omar Khayyam

The sages who have well considered this world of
dust, this sojourn of inconstancy from one end to the
other, see nothing in it agreeable but wine in ruby
cups and beautiful countenances.

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