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

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

Herbert Spencer


A good classic is as full of ancient myths, as that of a servant-girl of ghost stories.	1
Lusts are like agues; the fit is not always on, and yet the man is not rid of the disease; and some men’s lusts, like some agues, have not such returns as others.	2