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

Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière

Debts are now-a-days like children, begot with pleasure, but brought forth with pain.

The head of a woman is like a weathercock on the top of a house, which turns with the slightest wind.

Snoring like old boots.

A woman is like the ivy, which grows luxuriantly whilst it clings to some sturdy tree, but never thrives if it is separated from it.