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    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.

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Comparisons are odious.

Comparisons are odious.

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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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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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Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's
three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale.

Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's
three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale.

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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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Our similarities are different.

Our similarities are different.

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To liken them to your auld-warld squad,
I must needs say comparisons are odd.

To liken them to your auld-warld squad,
I must needs say comparisons are odd.

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

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

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