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

Madame Necker

The quarrels of lovers are like summer showers, that leave the country more verdant and beautiful.

Men are like money: we must take them for their value, whatever may be the effigy.

High positions are like the summit of high steep rocks. Eagles and reptiles alone can reach them.

The quarrels of lovers are like showers that leave the country more verdant and beautiful.