Famous quotes containing the word compared:
“Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (16451696)
“Whats breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?”
—Bertolt Brecht (18981956)
“What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?”
—John Ruskin (18191900)