"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
This book uses the simile:
> "The world's biggest fool is a man who lets a woman tell him what to do."
This simile compares a man who lets a woman tell him what to do to a "fool," emphasizing the societal expectation of men having authority.
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