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

John Foster

Fine sensibilities are like woodbines, delightful luxuries of beauty to twine around a solid, upright stem of understanding; but very poor things, if, unsustained by strength, they are left to creep along the ground.

Youth is not like a new garment which we can keep fresh and fair by wearing sparingly; youth, while we have it, we must wear daily; and it will fast wear away.