The world is a living image of God.

The world is a living image of God.

To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.

To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.

I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
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I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
To its idolatries a patient knee.

The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
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The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.

The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.

The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty read more

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
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Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as
a little thing.

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

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.