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Were it not Folly, Spider-like to spinThe Thread of present Life away to win-What? for ourselves, who know not if we shallBreathe out the very Breath we now breathe in!
Were it not Folly, Spider-like to spinThe Thread of present Life away to win-What? for ourselves, who know not if we shallBreathe out the very Breath we now breathe in!
Approximate author period: c. 1089 AD · medieval
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- Omar Khayyám
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- Approximate author period: c. 1089 AD · medieval
Approximate author-period evidence for Omar Khayyam: life dates 1048 to 1131. Wikidata Q35900, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35900 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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