#compared

The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. ↗

— Plato

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The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life. ↗

— Helen Hayes

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Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. ↗

— John Tyler

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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

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Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war. ↗

— John Bright

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I tend to stay out of the public eye a little, compared to some of my peers. ↗

— Elisha Cuthbert

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I mean people have compared us to like the Grateful Dead and all these like psychedelic sixties bands. ↗

— Jon Fishman

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The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%. ↗

— Jack Welch

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As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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