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The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

Edward FitzGerald

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Source: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, st. 71

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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, st. 71

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