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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.
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
Our similarities are different.
Our similarities are different.
Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.
Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.
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.]
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.]
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.
Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.
