- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comparatively Quotes
A set of comparatively quotes exploring how people frame effort, knowledge, and historical change not in absolute terms but against something else nearby.
These comparatively quotes range from early scientific observation to reflections on shifting societies, each measuring one thing against another rather than standing alone. For lines ranked among the finest on any subject, see our Best quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Convent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never felt like I had to rebel against my convent upbringing, because it was comparatively regular.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don't recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
At first everyone predicted that it would be impossible to hold these divergent people together, but aside from the skilled men, some of whom belonged to craft unions, comparatively few went back to the mills. And as a whole, the strike was conducted with little violence.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
Space exploration has taken a tremendous technological leap. India as a developing nation has been recognized globally for how it has economized its missions, which have been comparatively low-cost compared with other countries.
- Currents
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a coil is operated with currents of very high frequency, beautiful brush effects may be produced, even if the coil be of comparatively small dimensions. The experimenter may vary them in many ways, and, if it were nothing else, they afford a pleasing sight.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every dollar spent on nuclear is one less dollar spent on clean renewable energy and one more dollar spent on making the world a comparatively dirtier and a more dangerous place, because nuclear power and nuclear weapons go hand in hand.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East have poured their surplus populations.
- Better Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
Experience has everywhere shown us, and especially in the Philippines, that the classes which are better off have always been addicted to peace and order because they live comparatively better and may be the losers in civil disturbances.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabulary. The problem in language is to express many ideas and thoughts with comparatively few words.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up South African, I was comparatively in a world of privilege, especially being the youngest and being figuratively wrapped up in cotton wool by the rest of the family.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
For hundreds of thousands of years, life was brutal. It still is for a good chunk of the planet. The technology and wealth we enjoy in North America is a very new development in history, and I think we miss the challenges of day-to-day survival in our comparatively easy modern lives. Some people will even create problems if they have none.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020