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

Thomas William Robertson

After all, life is like soda-water. Childhood, effervescence corked down and wired; manhood, some sparkle, more vapidity; old age, empty bottle, cart it away with the rubbish.

Love is like a red-currant wine—it first tastes sweet, but afterward shuddery.