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Our similarities are different.
Our similarities are different.
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.
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou
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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou
art any one of the multitude may be.
[Lat., Hoc ego, tuque sumus: set quod sum, non potes esse:
Tu quod es, e populo quilibet esse potest.]
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.
Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.
Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.
How God ever brings like to like.
How God ever brings like to like.
The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
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The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
Suggon l'istesso umore.]
