“Some for the Glories of This World; and some
Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come;
Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go,
Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!”

—  Edward FitzGerald

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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