“The worldly hope men set their hearts upon turns ashes—or it prospers; and anon, like snow upon the desert's dusty face, lighting a little hour or two—is gone.”

About Omar Khayyam

Poet • Persian

Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī, commonly known as Omar Khayyam, was a Persian polymath, renowned as a mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. He made significant...