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The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round read more
The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.
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.
This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.
This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our read more
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of
the world.
Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of
the world.
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 wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
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 world is a living image of God.
The world is a living image of God.