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    Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.

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The fire i' th' flint
Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame
Provokes itself and read more

The fire i' th' flint
Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame
Provokes itself and like the current flies
Each bound it chafes.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Fire Quotes,
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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!

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Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.

Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Fire Quotes,
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Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.

Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Fire Quotes,
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They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.

They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.

by Sir Thomas More Found in: Fire Quotes,
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Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.

Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Fire Quotes,
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O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.

O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Fire Quotes,
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The burnt child dreads the fire.

The burnt child dreads the fire.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Fire Quotes,
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Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this
day light such a candle, by God's read more

Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this
day light such a candle, by God's grave, in England, as I trust
shall never be put out.

by Hugh Latimer Found in: Fire Quotes,
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