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World Quotes - Page 383

It is by character and not by intellect the world is won.

"The Friends of Voltaire". Book by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1906.

It's the hardest thing in the world to take the mundane and try to show how special it is.

"Eve Arnold obituary" by Amanda Hopkinson, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2012.

Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry -- and the world laughs harder.

Evan Esar (1978). “The Comic Encyclopedia: A Library of the Literature and History of Humor Containing Thousands of Gags, Sayings, and Stories”, Doubleday Books

Time is anonymous; when we give it a face, it's the same face the world over.

Eudora Welty (2002). “On Writing”, Random House Digital, Inc.

Nothing is the mirror in which you see the world.

Erich Maria Remarque (2013). “Three Comrades: A Novel”, p.320, Random House

Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world.

Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land.

Alphonso Lingis, Emma Goldman (1996). “Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader”, Humanities Press International

Vague a l'ame - melancholy yearning for the end of the world.

"A Short History of Decay". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1949.