Proper noun
(Roman mythology) The deity of shepherds, flocks and livestock in Roman mythology.
(astronomy) 49 Pales, a main belt asteroid.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgWhat lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination. But just as a muscle grows flabby with disuse, so the bright imagination of a child pales in later years if he ceases to exercise it. Walt Disney
A man is entitled to only one great passion in a lifetime. Whether it's music or a profession or a woman, everything else pales in its afterglow. The searing shock so changes one's chemistry that if the object is lost, the experience can never be repeated. Only anticlimax remains. Jack McDevitt
As dangerous as a nuclear-armed North Korea is, it pales in comparison to the danger of a nuclear-armed Iran. A nuclear-armed Iran in the Middle East wouldn't be another North Korea. It would be another 50 North Koreas. Benjamin Netanyahu
I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it. Kathryn Lasky
"What is truth?" is a fundamental question. But what is it compared to "How to endure life?" And even this one pales beside the next: "How to endure oneself?" - That is the crucial question in which no one is in a position to give us an answer. Emil Cioran