Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Exquisite
Exquisite, like the heart of a wild rose.
—Anonymous
Exquisite in their mechanism as the motion of the planets.
—James Huneker
Exquisite
Like fiery chrysoprase in deep basalt.
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Exquisite as the coming of spring and quite as natural.
—Oscar Wilde