The world is a grand book from which to become wiser. Goethe.
The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion. Thackeray.
The world is a prison. Goethe. 20
The world is a thing that man must learn to despise, and even to neglect, before he can learn to reverence it, and work in it and for it. Carlyle.
The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right. Disraeli.
The world is all barren to him who will not cultivate the fruit it offers. Sterne.
The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius. Talent is a docile creature. It bows its head meekly while the world slips the collar over it. It backs into the shafts like a lamb. Holmes.
The world is an excellent judge in general, 25 but a very bad one in particular. Lord Greville.
The world is an old woman, that mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby, being often cheated, she will henceforth trust nothing but the common copper. Carlyle.
The world is as you take it. Pr.