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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.

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Wandering between two worlds, one dead,
The other powerless to be born
With nowhere yet to rest read more

Wandering between two worlds, one dead,
The other powerless to be born
With nowhere yet to rest my head,
Like these, on earth I wait forlorn.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: World Quotes,
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In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting read more

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: World Quotes,
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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.

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The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.

The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.

by Natalie Kocsis Found in: World Quotes,
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

by Thomas Paine Found in: World Quotes,
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He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life.

He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life.

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Long ago a man of the world was defined as a man who in every
serious crisis is invariably read more

Long ago a man of the world was defined as a man who in every
serious crisis is invariably wrong.

by Unattributed Author Found in: World Quotes,
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The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.

The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: World Quotes,
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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?

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: World Quotes,
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