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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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Defining night by darkness, death by dust.

Defining night by darkness, death by dust.

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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.

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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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'Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration
Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains
The east; 'tis time unfolds read more

'Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration
Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains
The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity.

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

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

by Edmund Burke Found in: Comparisons Quotes,
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Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the
comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and read more

Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the
comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty
and beauty, birth and birth, are always odious and ill taken?

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Some say, that Seignior Bononchini
Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
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Some say, that Seignior Bononchini
Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
Strange! that such high Disputes shou'd be
'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

by John Byrom Found in: Comparisons Quotes,
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Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.

Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.

by John Lydgate Found in: Comparisons Quotes,
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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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