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BANQUET
Persian miniaturist-style fresco, late-16th/early-17th century
Chehel Sotoun Palace, Isfahan, Iran
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"As this world is not our permanent abode,
it would be a terrible fault to deprive ourselves of wine, or to abstain from the favours of our beloved (1).
O, peace-loving man! how long will these discussions on Creation and Eternity last?
When I am no longer here, will I care if the world is ancient or modern?"
Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat (quatrain 284)
(1) Homage to the Divine, in the form of sensual desire.
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