| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Arsène Houssaye |
| | | Long-bearded like kings of the Frankish race. | 1 |
| Cautious as a girl. | 2 |
| Chubby as the Diana of Jordaens. | 3 |
| Comely as Apollo. | 4 |
| Contagious, like silliness. | 5 |
| Love is like spring: it laughs through the cold and the snow; it perfumes the night and flourishes under graves. | 6 |
| Love is like epidemic diseases, the more one is afraid of it, the more is one exposed to it. | 7 |
| Pale as a lover dying of despair. | 8 |
| Pale as a trappist. | 9 |
| A man without a passion is like a vessel waiting for wind and not budging. | 10 |
| Passions are like roses, the more you cut them, the more they grow. | 11 |
| Quiet as a mouse. | 12 |
| Regular as the private garden of a Grand Duke. | 13 | | |
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