"way of the world" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, scene xiii, page 87:",
          "text": "Fain[all]. [...] What's here? Damnation! [Reads] A deed of Conveyance of the whole Eſtate of Arabella Languiſh Widdow in truſt to Edward Mirabell. Confusion! / Mir[abell]. Even ſo Sir, 'tis the way of the World, Sir: of the Widdows of the World. I ſuppose this Deed may bear an Elder Date than what you have obtain'd from your Lady. / Fain[all]. Perfidious Fiend! then thus I'll be reveng'd.— [...]",
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          "ref": "1863, Charles Kingsley, The Gospel of the Pentateuch, Sermon 5:",
          "text": "One worships public opinion, and follows after the multitude to do evil, doing what he knows is wrong, simply because others do it, and it is the way of the world.",
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          "ref": "1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 31, in The Story Girl:",
          "text": "Felicity got all the gratitude, although the Story Girl had originated the idea and seeded the raisins and beaten the eggs, while Cecily had trudged all the way to Mrs. Jameson's little shop below the church to buy the pink candies. But that is the way of the world.",
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          "text": "His trademark silences suggest a man who knows the ways of the world and doesn't much like them.",
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          "word": "way of all flesh"
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          "word": "maailman tapa"
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