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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Ability

Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.
—Aristippus

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study.
—Francis Bacon

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed.
—Sir William Temple