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    The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of
    Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the
    invisible, wherein as in a portrait, things are not truly, but in
    equivocal shapes, and as they counterfeit some real substance in
    that invisible fabric.

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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.

by Unattributed Author Found in: World Quotes,
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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: World Quotes,
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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.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: World Quotes,
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'If the world had no feeling, then there would be no suffering.. - the world would be such a better read more

'If the world had no feeling, then there would be no suffering.. - the world would be such a better place, but the price would be never feeling happiness. is that a too higher price to pay?'.

by Portia Higgs Found in: World Quotes,
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The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

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

by John Locke Found in: World Quotes,
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The world gels better every day--then worse again in the evening.

The world gels better every day--then worse again in the evening.

by Kin Hubbard Found in: World Quotes,
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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.

by Unattributed Author Found in: World Quotes,
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The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.

The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: World Quotes,
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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.

by Alexander, The Great Found in: World Quotes,
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