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

Science

The sciences, even the best,—mathematics and astronomy,—are like sportsmen, who seize whatever prey offers, even without being able to make any use of it.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Science is, like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.
—Charles Kingsley