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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.
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?
The world is a living image of God.
The world is a living image of God.
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.
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 wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
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.
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.
