Comparison
These meanings are not mutually exclusive; for instance, the identity permutation is the identity element in the group of permutations of under composition.
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Famous quotes containing the word comparison:
“Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“It is comparison than makes people miserable.”
—Chinese proverb.
“From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.”
—Emile Durkheim (1858–1917)