“When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 338
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“No! andare not the same thing at all!”
— Madeleine L'Engle, book A Wrinkle in Time
Variant: Like and equal are not the same thing at all.
Source: A Wrinkle in Time
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