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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.
 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. 
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
 God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces 
which are played upon earth have been read more 
 God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces 
which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.
 [Fr., Dieu est le poete, les hommes ne sont que les acteurs. Ces 
grandes pieces qui se jouent sur la terre ont ete composees dans 
le ciel.] 
 Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade
 Of the leaf where you slumbered all day;
  Be content read more 
 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.
    . . . .
     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. 
 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. 
Advice: the world is how you see it. Don’t let anyone else’s image of it determine yours.
Advice: the world is how you see it. Don’t let anyone else’s image of it determine yours.
Let the world slide.
Let the world slide.
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.