Edward Fitzgerald

“I am all for the short and merry life.”

“The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes.”

“Think then you are Today what Yesterday you were - Tomorrow you shall not be less.”

“And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell.”

“Taste is the feminine of genius.”

“A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.”

“Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest.”

“If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple.”

“I came like Water, and like Wind I go.”

“The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.”

“There was the Door to which I found no key; There was the Veil through which I might see.”