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

Arsène Houssaye

Long-bearded like kings of the Frankish race.

Cautious as a girl.

Chubby as the Diana of Jordaens.

Comely as Apollo.

Contagious, like silliness.

Love is like spring: it laughs through the cold and the snow; it perfumes the night and flourishes under graves.

Love is like epidemic diseases, the more one is afraid of it, the more is one exposed to it.

Pale as a lover dying of despair.

Pale as a trappist.

A man without a passion is like a vessel waiting for wind and not budging.

Passions are like roses, the more you cut them, the more they grow.

Quiet as a mouse.

Regular as the private garden of a Grand Duke.