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Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
