FastSaying

Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell Draw we here a parallel! She, like thee, was forced to bear All reflections, foul or fair. Thou art deep and bright within, Depths as bright belong'd to Gwynne; Thou art very frail as well, Frail as flesh is,--so was Nell.

Laman Blanchard

Laman Blanchard

Comparisons

Related Quotes

There are fagots and fagots. [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]
— Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere
Comparisons
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad. [Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.]
— Marcus Valerius Martial
Comparisons
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
— Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
Comparisons
The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower. [It., L'ape e la serpe spesso Suggon l'istesso umore.]
— Metastasio (pseudonym of Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi Pietro)
Comparisons
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.]
— Marcus Valerius Martial
Comparisons