Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Poetry
Poetry, good sir, in my opinion, is like a tender virgin, very young and extremely beautiful, whom divers other virgins—namely, all other sciences—make it their business to enrich, polish, and adore.
—Miguel de Cervantes
There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower garden, and a perfumer’s shop.
—Julius Charles Hare
Wisdom and poetry are like fruit for children, unwholesome if too fresh.
—Walter Savage Landor
Poetry is to philosophy what the Sabbath is to the rest of the week.
—William Butler Yeats