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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

9196 Omar Khayyam fl 11th ent John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9196
AUTHOR:Omar Khayyam (fl. 11th cent.)
QUOTATION:The Moving Finger writes; and having writ,
Moves on; nor all your Piety nor Wit
  Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
ATTRIBUTION:Rubáiyát. Stanza lxxi.