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The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.
The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
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.
The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
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 wide world is all before us--
But a world without a friend.
The wide world is all before us--
But a world without a friend.
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.
