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History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done. — Sydney J. Harris

Time is to eternity as an image is to its exemplar, and those things which are temporal bear a resemblance to those things which are eternal. — Nicholas Of Cusa

The resemblance of the signs of the zodiac to the animals after which they are named ... is as unimpressive as the predictions of astrologers. — Richard Dawkins

Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men. — Victor Hugo

You forget, my good man, that what the artist perceives is, primarily, the difference between things. It is the vulgar who note their resemblance. — Vladimir Nabokov

Death ... obliterates family resemblance as it does personality: there is no affinity between the living and the dead. — P.D. James

Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself.
She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. — Oscar Wilde

Egypt prostrates towards Mecca whether willingly or unwillingly. Its resemblance is that of a shadow. And yet, its Sema is on its Stele. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows. — Dodie Smith

Any resemblance to real events, actual persons, or reality in general is entirely coincidental. — Scott Michael Decker

There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak. — Edna Ferber

Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity. No resemblance
— Robert A. Heinlein

Any resemblance to the names and characters of actual persons is entirely coincidental and unintended, unless you think otherwise. — K. Ceakou

Imperfect communities show that being a maximal resemblance class is not sufficient for being a property. — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals. — Blaise Pascal

Voluptuousness, like justice, is blind, but that is the only resemblance between them. — Blaise Pascal

The mob is easily led and may be moved by the smallest force, so that its agitations have a wonderful resemblance to those of the sea. — Polybius

There is nothing like desire for obstructing any resemblance between what one says and what one has on one's mind. — Marcel Proust

It is said that politics is the second-oldest profession in the world but that it bears a close resemblance to the oldest," said — James Patterson

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. — Ronald Reagan

The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means. — John French Sloan

Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance. — Anthony Ashley Cooper

There is a striking resemblance between the act of love and the ministrations of a torturer. — Angela Carter

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know. — Mindy McCready

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. — Ronald Reagan

Poetry is a satifying of the desire for resemblance. — Wallace Stevens

We do not claim that the portrait we are making is the whole truth, only that it is a resemblance. — Victor Hugo

Jesus!" Luke exclaimed.
"Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling. — Cassandra Clare

A family is a little world within doors; the miniature resemblance of the great worls without — Henry James

Dark circles under my eyes sink deeper and deeper into my skull, in contrast to my pale skin there is an undeniable resemblance to a fresh corpse. — Dee Remy