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To drink wine and seek beautiful faces is wiser than

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To drink wine and seek beautiful faces is wiser than by Omar Khayyam

To drink wine and seek beautiful faces is wiser than
to practise hypocrisy and apparent devotion. It is evident
that if there exist a Hell for lovers and drinkers,
no one would wish for Paradise.

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