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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.

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Like to like.

Like to like.

by George Gascoigne Found in: Comparisons Quotes,
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Our similarities are different.

Our similarities are different.

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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?

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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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How God ever brings like to like.

How God ever brings like to like.

by Aristotle 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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Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
[Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.]

Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
[Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.]

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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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Comparisons are odious.

Comparisons are odious.

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