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.

I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
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I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
To its idolatries a patient knee.

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.

This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.

This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.

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 world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our read more

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

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.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.