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Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou
art any one of read more
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.]
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.
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
It's wiser being good than bad;
It's safer being meek than fierce:
It's fitter being sane than read more
It's wiser being good than bad;
It's safer being meek than fierce:
It's fitter being sane than mad.
My own hope is, a sun will pierce
The thickest cloud earth ever stretched;
That, after Last, returns the First,
Though a wide compass round be fetched;
That what began best, can't end worst,
Nor what God blessed once, prove accurst.
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
