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

François de La Rochefoucauld

Our actions are like the termination of verses, which we rhyme as we please.

Difficulties, like thieves, often disappear at a glance.

Gratitude is like the good faith of traders, it maintains commerce; and we often pay, not because it is just to discharge our debts, but that we may more readily find people to trust us.

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

The virtues are lost in interest, as rivers are lost in the sea.