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

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

Children


Thou art not dead; not even though thou didst die, for children are to the deceased reputation preserving; and like corks they buoy up the net, upholding the twist of the flaxen cord from the deep. —Æschylus	1
Children … Like bells rung backwards, Nothing but noise and giddiness. —Beaumont and Fletcher	2
Children are like grown people; the experience of others is never of any use to them. —Alphonse Daudet	3
It is the case with children as with plants, that their future character is indicated by their early dispositions. —Demophilus	4
Children are like beggars; often coming without being called. —W. S. Downey	5
Childhood shows the man, as the morning shows the day. —John Milton	6
Children are never too tender to be whipped; like tough beef-steaks, the more you beat them the more tender they become. —Edgar Allan Poe	7
The smallest children are nearest to God, as the smallest planets are nearest the sun. —John Paul Richter	8
Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it. —Samuel Smiles	9