Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

The world does not progress so quickly as a man grows old. J. M. Barrie.

The world exists by change, and but for that / All matter would to chaos back / To form a pillar for a sleeping god. Anon.

The world exists for the education of each 10 man. Emerson.

The world exists only by the strength of its silent virtue. Ruskin.

The world goes up, and the world goes down, / And the sunshine follows the rain; / And yesterday's sneer, and yesterday's frown, / Can never come over again. C. Kingsley.

The world grows more majestic, but man grows less. Amiel.

The world has no business with my life; the world will never know my life, if it should write and read a hundred biographies of me. Carlyle.

The world has to obey him who thinks and 15 sees in the world. Carlyle.

The world is a carcase, and they who gather round it are dogs. Eastern Pr.

The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. Horace Walpole.