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-BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Jean de La Bruyère
The court is like a marble statue, I mean, it may be finely polished but it is very hard.Beauties diminish, like those of a fine prospective viewed too near.A man of fashion is like a certain blue flower, growing spontaneously in ploughed grounds, which chokes the corn, spoils the crop, and takes up the room of something better.Forgotten like an almanac out of date.Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch.
