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

Robert South

A lie is like a vizard, that may cover the face, indeed, but can never become it.

Much reading is like much eating,—wholly useless without digestion.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.