| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Sir John Denham |
| | | Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year. | 1 |
| Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals. | 2 |
| Bashful as a Lenten lover. | 3 |
| Bashful as an egg at Easter. | 4 |
| Busy as the devil in a gale of wind. | 5 |
| Knowledge, like our blood, must circulate. | 6 | | |
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