Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, renowned for his contributions to algebra and for his famous collection of quatrains, the Rubaiyat.

"Ah love! Could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire Would not we shatter it to bits - and then Re-mold it nearer to the heart's desire!"

Omar Khayyam

"You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse."

Omar Khayyam