This is the best world, that we live in,
To lend and to spend and to give in:
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This is the best world, that we live in,
To lend and to spend and to give in:
But to borrow, or beg, or to get a man's own,
It is the worst world that ever was known.

If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.

If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.

The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.

The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.

There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise.

There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise.

The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

We can only change the world by changing men.

We can only change the world by changing men.

Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.

Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.

Let the world slide.

Let the world slide.

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?