Death & Dying
Quatrain 127
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Death & Dying
Kindness to friends and foes 'tis well to show,
No kindly heart can prove unkind, I trow:
Harshness will alienate a bosom friend,
And kindness reconcile a deadly foe.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 127.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/126/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 127.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/126/.
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