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Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.
Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
 '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. 
 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? 
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
 Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is 
solid refinement.  
 Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is 
solid refinement. 
 There are fagots and fagots.
 [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]  
 There are fagots and fagots.
 [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]