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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!

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

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

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Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.

Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Comparisons Quotes,
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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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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.

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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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Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell
Draw we here a parallel!
She, like thee, was forced to read more

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.

by Laman Blanchard Found in: Comparisons Quotes,
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Like to like.

Like to like.

by George Gascoigne Found in: Comparisons Quotes,
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Comparisons are odious.

Comparisons are odious.

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