LXXXVIII
"Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the Snake:
For all the Sin the Face of wretched Man
Is black with -- Man's Forgiveness give -- and take !"

- a translted verse of 12th Century
Omar Khayyam's "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"


"And what is it to work with love?
It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth.
It is to build a home with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.
It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit.
It is to charge all things you fashion with a breath of your own spirit,
And to know that all the blessed dead are standing about you and watching."

from _The Prophet_ by Kahlil Gibran, 1923

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