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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.
If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.
If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.
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.
In this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.
In this world nothing is sure but death and taxes.
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.
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.
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.
Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; read more
Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
