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

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

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.

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.

The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of
Hermes, that this visible world is but read more

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.

To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.

To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.

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.

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.

The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.

The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.

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.
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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.