(5 quotes found)
“Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.”
Robert South
“As a lamp in a spot sheltered from the wind does not flicker, this simile is used for the subdued mind of a yogi practicing meditation on Brahman.”
Bhagavad Gita
“A tigress robb'd of young, a lioness, Or any interesting beast of prey, Are similes at hand for the distress Of ladies who cannot have their own way”
Lord Byron
“In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.”
Franz Kafka
“It is not easy to make a simile go on all-fours.”
Edward Coke
