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Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of
the world.
Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of
the world.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by read more
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
He sees that this great roundabout,
The world, with all its motley rout,
Church, army, physic, law,
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He sees that this great roundabout,
The world, with all its motley rout,
Church, army, physic, law,
Its customs and its businesses,
Is no concern at all of his,
And says--what says he?--Caw.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first
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.
The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of
Hermes, that this visible world is but read more
The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of
Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the
invisible, wherein as in a portrait, things are not truly, but in
equivocal shapes, and as they counterfeit some real substance in
that invisible fabric.
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third read more
Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep at any given time and the other two-thirds is up to something.
