Noun
way of the world (plural ways of the world)
(sometimes pluralized, almost always preceded by the) The manner, often unavoidable or displeasing, in which events usually unfold or in which people usually behave.
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. Michel de Montaigne
Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find myself feeling sick trying to accept what it has done to me. Douglas Coupland
Most rich people get rich by taking what they want without paying for it. It's the way of the world. John Brunner
We think we are the victims of time. In reality, the way of the world isn't fixed anywhere. How could that be possible? We are our own journey. And therefore we are time as well. We are the same. Fugitive. Inscrutable. Ruthless. Cormac McCarthy
Is this how you repay my goodness--with badness?” cried the boy. "Of course,” said the crocodile out of the corner of his mouth. "That is the way of the world. Alex Haley
Poor thanks is the way of the world. Norwegian Proverb