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What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
In this bad, twisted, topsy-turvy world,
Where all the heaviest wrongs get uppermost.
In this bad, twisted, topsy-turvy world,
Where all the heaviest wrongs get uppermost.
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.
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.
Let the world slide.
Let the world slide.
The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.
The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.
If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.
If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.
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.
