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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Diogenes Laertius
Debauches are like figs growing on a precipice: the fruit cannot be gathered by men, but only by crows and vultures.Grave and thoughtful as rich mourners.Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions;… that laws were like cobwebs,—for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions;… that laws were like cobwebs,—for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.
