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

Aleister Crowley

A cigar is like a wife!
Put it up to your lips, and light it;
When you’ve learned to do it right, it
Adds a certain zest to life
Mind you keep on puffing it,
Or it’s out, and can’t be lit.
Ah, the aroma!
Ah, the glow!
Will I have one?
Thank you, No.

A cigar is like a wife!
Put it up to your lips, and light it;
When you’ve learned to do it right, it
Adds a certain zest to life.
Mind you keep on puffing it,
Or it’s out, and can’t be lit.
Ah, the aroma! Ah, the glow!
Will I have one? Thank you, No.

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