metaphor Quotes

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of... ...

Worms are the intestines of the earth.

There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of... ...

Love is when two bodies are connected by one shared spirit.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

There is honor in being a dog.