Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Sayings
Great men’s sayings are like silver gilt; use wears the gilt off the silver, and all the sparkle goes out of the sayings if they are repeated.
—Honoré de Balzac
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Great men’s sayings are like silver gilt; use wears the gilt off the silver, and all the sparkle goes out of the sayings if they are repeated.
—Honoré de Balzac