The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two - is gone.
Edward Fitzgerald
(1809 - 1883)
Source: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Persian writer & astronomer (c.1050–c.1123)
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