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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Confident
 
  As confident as a bird committing itself to the air or a great fish to the deep.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Confident as justice.
            —George Colman, the Younger		  2
  Confident as Hercules.
            —William Prynne		  3
  Confident as of your own fingers.
            —François Rabelais		  4
  Confident, as is the falcon’s flight.
            —William Shakespeare		  5
  Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
            —Old Testament		  6
 
 
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