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    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.

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One real world is enough.

One real world is enough.

by George Santayana Found in: World Quotes,
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The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom read more

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!

by Jane Austen Found in: World Quotes,
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The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

by W. C. Fields Found in: World Quotes,
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If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.

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

by Horace Traubel Found in: World Quotes,
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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

by Mark Twain Found in: World Quotes,
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Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade
Of the leaf where you slumbered all day;
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Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade
Of the leaf where you slumbered all day;
Be content with the moon and the stars, pretty moth,
And make use of your wings while you may.
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But tho' dreams of delight may have dazzled you quite,
They at last found it dangerous play;
Many things in this world that look bright, pretty moth,
Only dazzle to lead us astray.

by Thomas Haynes Bayly Found in: World Quotes,
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The verdict of the world is conclusive.
[Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]

The verdict of the world is conclusive.
[Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]

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'Tis a very good world we live in
To spend, and to lend, and to give in;
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'Tis a very good world we live in
To spend, and to lend, and to give in;
But to beg, or to borrow, or ask for our own;
'Tis the very worst world that ever was known.

by J. Bromfield Found in: World Quotes,
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The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

by Albert Einstein Found in: World Quotes,
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