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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.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life.
He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life.
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.
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.
The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
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.
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.
