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- Ages of animals (birds, fish) compared with age of human beings. B841.2
- Fairy music compared to music of Heaven. F262.4
- Armies like seeds and peppercorns. One king sends large sack of seed to the other to represent the number of his soldiers. The second replies with a small bag of peppercorns: "My army is small compared to yours but has all the power of the peppercorn compared to your lifeless seed." J1625
- Person compared to nettle, which stings the hand that protects it. W154.22
- Four things to which the glory of the world is compared. Z71.2.7