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

The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.

The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty read more

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.

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.

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.

If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.

If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.

The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who read more

The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than read more

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.

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.