“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.”
Source: Salem Falls
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“The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.”
The Rubaiyat (1120)
Context: Whether at Naishapur or Babylon,
Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run,
The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.

Source: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 955