Samarkand

The sea knows no neighbours, the prince knows no friends”?’

It was not poverty that drove me to you
I am not poor for my desires are simple.
The only thing I seek from you is honour
The honour of a free and steadfast man.

Time has two faces, Khayyam said to himself. It has two dimensions, its length is measured by the rhythm of the sun but its depth by the rhythm of passion.

valuable things that a son of Adam can have – intelligence, eloquence, health, beauty, the desire for knowledge and a lust for life, the admiration of men and, I suspect, the sighs of women. I hope that He has not deprived you of the wisdom of silence, without which all of the foregoing can neither be appreciated nor preserved.’