| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Lover |
| | Lovers are like walking ghosts, they always haunt the spot of their misdeeds.
—George H. Boker | 1 |
Lovers like sick folks may say what they please.
—Jeremy Collier | 2 |
A lover is like a hunter, if the game be got with too much ease he cares not for it.
—Robert Mead | 3 |
The quarrels of lovers are like summer showers, that leave the country more verdant and beautiful.
—Madame Necker | 4 |
Young lovers, like game cocks, are made bolder by being kept without light.
—Sir John Vanbrugh | 5 | | |
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