Answer:
My first is equality; my second is inferiority; my whole is superiority.
They try to beat me, they try in vain. And when I win, I end the pain.
It regulates our daily movements, but it feels no interest in our lives. It directs us when to come and go, but does not care if we pay attention. What is it?
One by one we fall from heaven down into the depths of past, And our world is ever upturned so that yet some time we’ll last.
At the sound of me, one may dream or stamp their feet, At the sound of me, one may laugh or sometimes weep.
What did the piece of wood say when he saw the screwdriver and screws approaching?