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    Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell
    Draw we here a parallel!
    She, like thee, was forced to bear
    All reflections, foul or fair.
    Thou art deep and bright within,
    Depths as bright belong'd to Gwynne;
    Thou art very frail as well,
    Frail as flesh is,--so was Nell.

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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
[Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.]

Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
[Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.]

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Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.

Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.

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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou
art any one of the multitude may be.
[Lat., Hoc ego, tuque sumus: set quod sum, non potes esse:
Tu quod es, e populo quilibet esse potest.]

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The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
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The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
Suggon l'istesso umore.]

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Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.

Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.

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There are fagots and fagots.
[Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]

There are fagots and fagots.
[Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]

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Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

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They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?

They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?

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Comparisons are odious.

Comparisons are odious.

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