You May Also Like / View all maxioms
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum read more
Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.]
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, read more
Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, what heavenly pleasure!
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
