The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it. (Omar Khayyám)

The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.

Omar Khayyám

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