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 Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou 
art any one of read more 
 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.] 
How God ever brings like to like.
How God ever brings like to like.
 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. 
 Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is 
solid refinement.  
 Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is 
solid refinement. 
 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. 
Our similarities are different.
Our similarities are different.
 Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's 
three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale.  
 Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's 
three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale. 
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
 Some say, compared to Bononcini,
 That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;
  Others aver, that he to Handel
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 Some say, compared to Bononcini,
 That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;
  Others aver, that he to Handel
   Is scarcely fit to hold a Candle:
    Strange all this difference should be,
     'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee!