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The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities
Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is the rule
Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean
Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it
The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible
If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world
The fretful stir
Unprofitable, and the fever of the world
Have hung upon the beatings of my heart.
Unprofitable, and the fever of the world
Have hung upon the beatings of my heart.
Lines completed a few miles above Tintern Abbey
The common growth of Mother Earth
Suffices me, her tears, her mirth,
Her humblest mirth and tears.
Suffices me, her tears, her mirth,
Her humblest mirth and tears.
Peter Bell
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