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Simile Quotes

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

Laurence Sterne
Kings, Simile, Declaration
Laurence Sterne (1790). “The Works of Laurence Sterne: Complete in Eight Volumes”, p.221

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Robert South
Argument, Tedium, Simile

I went out on a date with Simile. I don't know what I metaphor.

Tim Vine
Metaphor, Simile, Knows

Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.

Mike Dirnt
Opinion, Simile

Never use a long word where a short one will do.

George Orwell
Long, Use, Simile
George Orwell (1961). “Collected essays”

Looking for an entirely reliable informant is like looking for a chaste mistress.

Cassandra Clare
Mistress, Simile, Chaste
Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.206, Simon and Schuster

Life is like a simile.

Terry Carr
Life Is Like, Life Is, Simile

A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.

James Geary
Smile, Metaphor, Simile
James Geary (2011). “I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World”, p.8, Harper Collins

If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out

George Orwell
Cutting, Simile, Figures Of Speech
George Orwell (2013). “Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Annotated Edition”, p.332, Penguin UK

Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit....They have to fit in context.

James J. Kilpatrick
Fit, Wit, Simile

Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.

Dan Brown
Mean, Should, Simile

A metaphor is like a simile.

Steven Wright
Humor, Metaphor, Simile

Thou hast the most unsavoury similes.

William Shakespeare
Sassy, Simile
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 1, sc. 2, l. [89]

Grinning like a necrophiliac in a morgue.

Terry Pratchett
Grinning, Morgues, Simile
"The Light Fantastic (Discworld, Book 2)". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1986.

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