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

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

Falsehood


Falsehood, like a nettle, stings those who meddle with it. —Anonymous	1
A mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. —Francis Bacon	2
Falsehood, like a drawing in perspective, will not bear to be examined in every point of view, because it is a good imitation of truth, as a perspective is of the reality, only in one. —C. C. Colton	3
Falsehoods, like weeds, flourish without care. Weeds care nothing for soil or rain. They not only ask no help, but they almost defy destruction. —Robert G. Ingersoll	4
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain. —Sadi	5
Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded. —Richard Whately	6