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You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
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.
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
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.
The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.
The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.
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.
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.
The verdict of the world is conclusive.
[Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]
The verdict of the world is conclusive.
[Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]
