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

Rule (Noun)

Rules, like crutches, ne’er became of any use but to the lame.
—Robert Lloyd

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
—Old Testament