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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.
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.
The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.
The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.
Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.
Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.
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.
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.
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.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
'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.