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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 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 verdict of the world is conclusive.
[Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]
The verdict of the world is conclusive.
[Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]
'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.
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.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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 only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
