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Comparing Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- By the consultation of books, whether of dead or living authors, many temptations of petulance and opposition, which occur in oral conferences, are avoided. An…
- Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing…
- Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before…
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- The standard that measures two things is something different from either. You are, in fact, comparing them both with some Real Morality,… — C.S. Lewis
- Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by… — Peter L. Berger
- It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and… — H. P. Blavatsky
- The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to… — Frans de Waal
- Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.[or you will create disappointment and envy, as every other person has… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
- All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything… — Alexander Pope
- To talk of comparing the Bible with other "sacred books" so called, such as the Koran...or the book of Mormon, is positively… — J C Ryle
- Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another. — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet