#comparison

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The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.


Nicolaus Copernicus


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This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art.


Robert Delaunay


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I'm OCD beyond comparison.


Fred Durst


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That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point.


Edward Tufte


#comparison #difference #every #laws #nature

There is no comparison between the training here and the training in Israel.


Isaac Yeffet


#comparison #here #israel #training

The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever.


John Gunther


#city #comparison #copy #crime #crooks

Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.


David Guterson


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If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.


Jurgen Habermas


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In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.


Albert Bushnell Hart


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Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.


Thomas Hobbes


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