Comparative mythology corpus

Present Life Wasted Like A Spun Thread

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Sufi The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam IN THE FIRST EDITION. / XXXIII. / XXXVII. / IN THE SECOND EDITION.; lines 4516-4537 medium “Were it not Folly, Spider-like to spin / The Thread of present Life away to win-- / What? ... Breathe out the very Breath we now breathe in!” record