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The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round read more
The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.
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.
This is the best world, that we live in,
To lend and to spend and to give in:
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This is the best world, that we live in,
To lend and to spend and to give in:
But to borrow, or beg, or to get a man's own,
It is the worst world that ever was known.
But they will maintain the state of the world;
And all their desire is in the work of their read more
But they will maintain the state of the world;
And all their desire is in the work of their craft.
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.
Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.
Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.
The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without read more
The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything
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.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.