Comparisons Are Odious

Meaning
It means comparing things can cause disliking.

Origin
John Lydgate in his Debate between the horse, goose, and sheep, circa used this in 1440 as:
“Odyous of olde been comparisonis, And of comparisonis engendyrd is haterede.”

John Donne, Cervantes, Christopher Marlowe and Shakespeare are other noted personalities who had used this phrase.

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