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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Miguel de Cervantes
Beauty in a modest woman is like fire or a sharp sword at a distance; neither doth the one burn, nor the other wound, those that come not too near them.He had a face like a benediction.History is like sacred music, because truth is essential to it.Lurk behind, like a concealed root.He is as mad as a March hare.Nimble as thought.Poetry, good sir, in my opinion, is like a tender virgin, very young and extremely beautiful, whom divers other virgins—namely, all other sciences—make it their business to enrich, polish, and adore.
