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

Content

Content as infant smiling through its dreams.
—William Allingham

Content as the males of Adrianus.
—Anonymous

A contented man is like a good tennis-player, who never fatigues and confounds himself running eternally after the ball, but stays till it comes to him.
—Anonymous

Contented as a Fox when the Hounds were drawn off and gone home from him.
—Colley Cibber

Her sweet content is like a flattering glass to make my face seem fairer to mine eye.
—Thomas Heywood

Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.
—Alain René Le Sage