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What lord is fit to rule but Truth? Not one

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What lord is fit to rule but Truth? Not one by Omar Khayyam

What lord is fit to rule but «Truth»? Not one.
What beings disobey His rule? Not one.
All things that are, are such as He decrees;
And naught is there beside beneath the sun.

Form: Quatrain

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