Worldly

Famous quotes containing the word worldly:

“From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)

“Men there are, who having quite done with the world, all its merely worldly contents are become so far indifferent, that they care little of what mere worldly imprudence they may be guilty.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)