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Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea.

Samuel Johnson
Fleas, Settling, Flea Markets
On the relative merits of two minor poets, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 192 (1783)
Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea.