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Worldly Quotes (page 590)

Charles Dickens quote: "Among these, accordingly, much discoursing with spirits went..."
Among these, accordingly, much discoursing with spirits went on - and it did a world of good which never became manifest. Charles Dickens
The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy. Booker T. Washington
Alexandra Ripley quote: "And the world is where we belong, all of it."
And the world is where we belong, all of it. Alexandra Ripley
The girl had a certain nobleness of imagination, which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks. She spent half her time in thinking of beauty, bravery, magnanimity; she had a fixed determination to regard the world as a place of brightness, of free expansion, of irresistible action, she thought it would be detestable to be afraid or ashamed. She had an infinite hope that she would never do anything wrong. She had resented so strongly, after discovering them, her... Henry James
Gordon B. Hinckley quote: "The greatness of the world in which we live is the accumulated..."
The greatness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts. Gordon B. Hinckley
Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral. Robert Orben
Said Candide to Cacambo: My friend, you see how perishable are the riches of this world; there is nothing solid but virtue, and the happiness of seeing Cunegonde once more. Voltaire
Henry David Thoreau quote: "One is not born into the world to do everything but to do..."
One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something. Henry David Thoreau
You asked me once,' said O'Brien, 'what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world. George Orwell
Is there any of the usual social occasions which it is not difficult to avoid? But if you decide that you cannot very well ignore your worldly obligations, and that you will therefore carry them out properly, the demands on your time will multiply, bringing physical hardship and mental tension; in the end, you will spend your whole life pointlessly entangled in petty obligations. Yoshida Kenko
If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men--you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while. If you write for yourself, you can read what you yourself have written and after ten minutes you will be so disgusted that you will wish that you were dead. Thomas Merton
The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves. Roald Dahl
Benjamin Franklin quote: "Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin
You have not wasted your time; you have helped to save the world. We are not buffoons, but very desperate men at war with a vast conspiracy. Gilbert K. Chesterton
every man is tabernacled in every other, and he in exchange and so on in an endless complexity of being and witness to the uttermost edge of the world. Cormac McCarthy

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