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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?
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
the small dust of the read more
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.
The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.
The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.
In this bad, twisted, topsy-turvy world,
Where all the heaviest wrongs get uppermost.
In this bad, twisted, topsy-turvy world,
Where all the heaviest wrongs get uppermost.
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
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.
We can only change the world by changing men.
We can only change the world by changing men.
Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade
Of the leaf where you slumbered all day;
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Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade
Of the leaf where you slumbered all day;
Be content with the moon and the stars, pretty moth,
And make use of your wings while you may.
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But tho' dreams of delight may have dazzled you quite,
They at last found it dangerous play;
Many things in this world that look bright, pretty moth,
Only dazzle to lead us astray.