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LOVER'S DECLARATION
Persian miniature, 1582/83
Aga Khan Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
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'Drinking wine and seeking beautiful faces
is far wiser than hypocrisy and false piety.
For if Hell were for lovers and drinkers,
no one would want to go to Paradise.'
Omar Khayyam, Rhe Rubaiyat (quatrain 342)
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