Who is the man who here below has not committed

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Who is the man who here below has not committed by Omar Khayyam

Who is the man who here below has not committed
sin; can you say? Had he not committed it, could he
have lived, can you tell? If, because I do evil, you
punish me for evil, what then is the difference between
you and me, can you say?
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