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

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

Samuel Smiles


Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.	1
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.	2
Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.	3
Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, soon run into rottenness.	4