Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Gift

Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows.
—Martial

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
—Old Testament