Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Simple
Simple as A. B. C. Anonymous
Simple as a Greek temple.
—Anonymous
Simple as a nun’s prayer.
—Anonymous
Simple as a schoolboy’s logic.
—Anonymous
Simple as a squash.
—Anonymous
Simple as rolling off a log.
—Anonymous
Simple as the choice of Hercules between virtue and vice.
—Anonymous
Simple as a child.
—Honoré de Balzac
Simple as the flowers in the field.
—R. D. Blackmore
Simple as milking.
—R. D. Blackmore
Simple as playful lamb.
—Robert Bloomfield
Symple as byrde in bouer.
—Geoffrey Chaucer
Symple as dowve of tree.
—Geoffrey Chaucer
As simple as a saint might bathe in lakes of prayer.
—Richard Hovey
Simple as miracles always are after they are wrought.
—F. W. H. Myers
Simpler than the infancy of truth.
—William Shakespeare
Simple as breath.
—Arthur Symons
Simple as a snow-drop.
—Elizabeth S. P. Ward