| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| | | False as a bulletin. | 1 |
| Independence, like honor, is a rocky island without a beach. | 2 |
| Great men are like meteors: they glitter and are consumed to enlighten the world. | 3 |
| Truth
shines like the sun, and like the sun it cannot perish. | 4 | | |
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