The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.rn

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.rn

I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
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I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
To its idolatries a patient knee.

Long ago a man of the world was defined as a man who in every
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Long ago a man of the world was defined as a man who in every
serious crisis is invariably wrong.

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

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

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.

The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

The wide world is all before us--
But a world without a friend.

The wide world is all before us--
But a world without a friend.

'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.