So I Be Written In The Book

A Loaf Of Bread, A Jug Of Wine, And Thou.

How Much More Of The Mosque, Of Prayer And Fasting? Better Go Drunk And Begging Round The Taverns. Khayyam, Drink Wine, For Soon This Clay Of Yours Will Make A Cup, Bowl, One Day A Jar. When Once You Hear The Roses Are In Bloom, Then Is The Time, My Love, To Pour The Wine; Houris And Palaces And Heaven And Hell- These Are But Fairy-tales, Forget Them All.

The Moving Finger Writes; And Having Writ, Moves On.

Whoever Thinks Algebra Is A Trick In Obtaining Unknowns Has Thought It In Vain. No Attention Should Be Paid To The Fact That Algebra And Geometry Are Different In Appearance. Algebras (jabbre And Maqabeleh) Are Geometric Facts Which Are Proved By Propositions Five And Six Of Book Two Of Elements.

But Helpless Pieces Of The Game He Plays Upon This Checker-board Of Nights And Days; Hither And Thither Moves, And Checks, And Slays, And One By One Back In The Closet Lays.