Comparison Quotes

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The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution. — Dorothea Brande
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil - not the strength to choose between the two. — John Cheever
If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the… — Peter Singer
It is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to realize that his own ego is of no importance in comparison with the existence… — Adolf Hitler
O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and the very way it should… — Theodore Roethke
I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess… — Vlastimil Hort
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of… — Charles Dudley Warner
In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for,… — Pete Gill
Habits of thought lead us to brush aside descriptions of cruelty to animals as emotional, for "animal-lovers only"; or if not that, then anyway the… — Peter Singer
We need not be intimidated by the wine snob because we know that, in the last analysis, he is only putting on a front. He… — Alec Waugh
When I look at myself as a younger actor, I see what a tight ass I was. I had a pretty big shadow because of… — Michael Douglas
I know men, and I tell you, Jesus is more than a man. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other human being who ever… — Napoleon Bonaparte
All that is limited by form, semblance, sound, color is called object. Among them all, man alone is more than an object. Though, like objects,… — Zhuangzi
Comparing objects like cars, houses, clothes, and defining life according to those comparisons, instead of trying to discover the real reason for being alive. — Paulo Coelho
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be too… — Alexander Hamilton
It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because the exterior earth… — Rene Descartes
Nothing like this has been attempted before. (...) It might be called a literary Porto Alegre. That implies a beginning, with much fierce argument and… — Perry Anderson
You can't equate the game we play to a war. Kellen Winslow said he's a soldier. No, he's not. This is not a war...not a… — Ken Rosenthal
I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking… — Lucy Grealy

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