Quote#Sadness
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ
Quote byEdward FitzGerald · 1809–1883
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, LXXI (5th ed. 1889).
English (original)
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
— Edward FitzGerald
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If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe that he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple
Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — And Wilderness is Paradise enow.