It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all doing direct the other way in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
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Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
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We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.
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Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *and* fresher breath.
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Actual happiness looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn?t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the pi
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What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul? Man is a depth still greater than the people. Jean Valjean at that very moment was the prey of a terrible upheaval. Every sort of gulf had opened again within him. He als
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I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class. There seems ever to have been a proneness in the brilliant and warm-blooded to fall into this vice.
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That family glaze of common references, jokes, events, calamities-that sense of a family being like a kitchen midden layer upon layer of the things daily life is made of. The edifice that lovers build is by comparison delicate and one-dimensional.
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Being a part of both organizations, there is no comparison in the two organizations. This is a professional organization. The Hornets were just -- I don't know what the hell it was. There is no explaining for them.
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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
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Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.
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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.
In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seems puny
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
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Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement.
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Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.
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Whether the Bible is true or false, is of no consequence in comparison with the mental freedom of the race
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Shoppers would prefer not to pay taxes and it might affect some purchases,.. The number one reason people shop online is convenience and the ability to comparison shop easily. An added 5 percent sales tax on the bottom line doesn't dramatically alter the convenience aspect of buying online.
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People have been comparison shopping for 10,000 years
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What are they going to do for an encore?.. Anyone else they choose is going to pale in comparison.
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Our view of the global economy suggests several more quarters of low volume growth and continued price pressure,.. Lower raw material costs and more favorable currency comparison. Combined with results from our productivity focus should all contribute to our ability to weather this cycle more favorably than in the past.
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It wouldn't be surprising if there was a little bit of a pullback in consumer spending in the first quarter as well because of the zero-percent financing in the fourth quarter, which makes for a very difficult comparison.
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It's an inconvenience. But it pales in comparison to getting your car stolen.
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The comparison of subways and sandwiches is a bit of an old joke for us now.
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This [report] is a step back, a lot less looking at the trees than at the forest. It helps workers to make a comparison about what they earn relative to other areas.
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