Like to like.

Like to like.

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

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

At whose sight, like the sun,
All others with diminish'd lustre shone.

At whose sight, like the sun,
All others with diminish'd lustre shone.

Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.

Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.

And but two ways are offered to our will,
Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace,
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And but two ways are offered to our will,
Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace,
The problem still for us and all of human race.

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

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

Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.

Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.

How God ever brings like to like.

How God ever brings like to like.