Samuel Butler

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.

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The Worst And The Best

in the hospitals and jails
it's the worst
in madhouses
it's the worst
in penthouses
it's the worst
in skid row flophouses
it's the worst
at poetry readings
at rock concerts
at benefits for the disabled
it's the worst
at funerals
at weddings
it's the worst
at parades
at skating rinks
at sexual orgies
it's the worst
at midnight
at 3 a.m.
at 5:45 p.m.
it's the worst

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When Are Limits Reached?

An interesting metaphor.
But whether the name fits what it describes is the question.
A title in comparison to the discoveries sometimes don't meet where they should.
Robbing the Latin language of its properties in the name of a claim to fame.
As stardust falls, is it the as same as you remember or as your grandparents remember?
Does it affect you the same way.
A hypnotist of the day.
In the words he speaks, only of the time is it meant to keep.
A search for the infinite possibilities we do seek.
Changes are employed by the best and the worst.
Is it a battle of good and evil?
Is it a battle of conscience versus no conscience?
A social path is written.
Latitude is given.
But how much is too much?
Restrictions to keep our values in check.
Be careful if you don't it might be something we all forever regret.
A choice made for us all in the name of discovery.
But was it worth it?
Did it meet a single satisfactory standard?
And who is to make that judgment?

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Seneca

It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.

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Worst Comes to Worst

(Babu mixing)
"Worst come to worst my peoples come first"
"Worst...come.....to worst"
"Worst come to worst my peoples come first"
"Worst come...to...worst"
"Worst come to worst my peoples come first"

(Evidence talking)
Yeah
It's goin down y'all
That's Babu

Yo

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Jane Austen

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

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No spiders in the city

There was once a girl that had a scream,
Which was unbelievably extreme,
She caused many neighbours to blaspheme,
For when she'd see a spider she'd scream,
By chance she heard something a bird said,
It claimed that it had been underfed,
For it lived where spiders rarely tread,
The girl believed the words that were said,
She upped sticks and moved to the city,
Which left her neighbours far from teary,
Although she found urban life gritty,
She endured the days that were dreary,
For what she had heard proved to be true,
Which led to her screams being subdued,
But there were things that were not in view,
When she saw them she altered her mood,
She'd come to learn somethings were untrue,
Things such as hard work will see you through,
However if only but a few,
Certain childish beliefs turned out true,
Monsters do live underneath the bed,
The horrid creatures filled her with dread,
She felt with spiders she'd been misled,
The true horrors were under her bed,
It became too much for her to bear,
She hated the creatures living there,
They led her to a state of despair,
So she thought she'd go and live elsewhere,
She moved back home to the countryside,
Her neighbours of course did not abide,
But they need not have heavily sighed,
The girl didn't fear spiders when spied.

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Original - Time, My Worst Enemy

Time, My Worst Enemy
Keeping me away from you
Time, My Worst Enemy
Moving slowly when we’re apart

Time, My Worst Enemy
Fleeting when you are near
Time, My Worst Enemy
Battling with it daily

Time, My Worst Enemy
Stealing moments from the clock
Time, My Worst Enemy
Until you are in my arms again

Time, My Worst Enemy
Rapidly chasing us down
Time, My Worst Enemy
He will not take you this time

Time, My Worst Enemy
You are in my arms to stay
Time, My Worst Enemy
Has Lost!

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Despair

I have experienc'd
The worst, the World can wreak on me--the worst
That can make Life indifferent, yet disturb
With whisper'd Discontents the dying prayer--
I have beheld the whole of all, wherein
My Heart had any interest in this Life,
To be disrent and torn from off my Hopes
That nothing now is left. Why then live on ?
That Hostage, which the world had in it's keeping
Given by me as a Pledge that I would live--
That Hope of Her, say rather, that pure Faith
In her fix'd Love, which held me to keep truce
With the Tyranny of Life--is gone ah ! whither ?
What boots it to reply ? 'tis gone ! and now
Well may I break this Pact, this League of Blood
That ties me to myself--and break I shall !

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William Shakespeare

Speak to me as to thy thinkings, as thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts the worst of words.

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Where Is She?

Where is she, I wondered, when she wasn't there.
If she's not here she could be anywhere. She could be
anywhere and not alone.
I began to imagine the worst. At every imagining
I thought I had imagined the worst, then I imagined
something even worse. It got to the point where my
imaginings no longer included her. I realized that the
worst did not encompass her. As my imaginings continued,
as worst superseded worst, making the preceding worst
only worse, I began to forget her. As worst got worse,
I forgot her more. Things were getting pretty bad, and
I had almost forgotten her completely, when she
reappeared.

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The most and the worst

Man wants money most
And uses it worst.
He wants time most
And spends it worst.
He wants things most
And waste them worst.
He wants women most
And miss them worst.
31.12.2006

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It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first.

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The Effect You Have On Me

What will it take to make you smile?
How can I make you grin?
The sadness that has befallen you
is the worst it's ever been.

We've been through bad times now and then
when tears came falling down.
But usually they don't last this long.
These tears will make us drown.

Let me wipe them all away
and hold you until they dry.
To see you when you get like this
is enough to make me cry.

Now take some breaths and look at me.
I'll take your gloom away.
I'll tickle your chin, do a handstand
or anything you say.

Just give me a smile to see again
and tell me you're okay.
For when you're sad, then I'm no good
and I can't live this way.

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To Make That Same Mistake Again

(r. murrah, r. leigh)
Of all the broken hearts Ive had
This one hurts the worst
His love flowed like a river
Now Im dying of thirst
If loving him too much is why
I lost him in the end
Then I hope I can live long enough
To make that same mistake again
Well they say that love can be so strong that its the choking kind
I never thought Id see the day when love would be a crime
Mistakes can cost a lot and it
Sometimes we lose to win
Oh I hope I can live long enough
To make that same mistake again
Oh I may go crazy missing him
Knowing that its my fault
But how could I have loved him less
Oh I tremble at the thought
And its amazing how Im holding on
With the shape Im in
Oh I hope that I can live long enough
To make that same mistake again

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Look there are going to be, there are already adjustment processes in place but the point is that you'll actually make them work and get satisfactory outcomes if there's decent burden sharing along the way. If there's, if you like a proper transitional assistance.

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Captain

this is my ideas for captain
a girl in a flower dress
whos face is a real mess
she scribbles my words
she scribbles the real words
i'd rather these were not my words
i'd rather
that these were not my words
you say what
you are the captain what
Cos' I know how to live a lie
I know that you know I try
I know how to live a lie
I know you don't even try
I know how to live a lie
I know I don't even try
I know how to live a lie
you don't live a lie
and you don't try
and you live a lie

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Words To Me Mean

words are just word that mean nothing at all as my heart turns cold i can no longer say i care at all to you that may be wrong but to me words are just words that mean nothing at all but to others they are so much more they are words of felling words of hate and joy and worst of all words of hurt but words are just words i could care less at all with words of love, joy, and laughter you can no longer get me down words are just words that no longer hurt at all so no longer let them take charge words are just words of many words of few may cause trouble or cause joy my heart turns cold at the sight of your hate and rejoice with joy at the sight of happiness so you see words are just words that i can no longer take at all

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Worst Poem Ever

Just some words that rhyme
What a waste of time

The writer has to be dense
Because this poem makes no sense

Want to hear the worst poem ever
It such junk well I never

Not very clever
This is the worst poem ever

I sure you could do better cause you are so clever
If you want me to write a poem my answer is NEVER

Cause this is the worst poem ever

Henry Brown 10 November 2010

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I Can Live Without........

I can live without my right arm
I don't need two

I can live without some fingers
I'll still have a few

I can live without my music
It might make me blue
But i can live without it
This i promise you

I can live without my paycheck
I've just got a few debts due

I can live without my iron
The creases will fall through

I can live without my senses
This is all true

I can live without my mobile
And my make-up too

Can't you see the only thing
That's not on this list is you

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Don't Let's Start

Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And i don't get around how you get around
When you are alone you are the cat, you are the phone
You are an animal
The words i'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
Wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account
But don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound
D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do i need
Apostrophe t, need this torture?
Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And i don't get around how you get around
No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful
Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful
They want what they're not and i wish they would stop saying,
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do i need
Apostrophe t, need this torture?
Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And i don't get around how you get around
I don't want to live in this world anymore
I don't want to live in this world
Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And i don't get around how you get around

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