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    Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.

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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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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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Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

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Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]

Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]

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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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Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

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We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers.

We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers.

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Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests read more

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.

by Bhagavad Gita Found in: Fire Quotes,
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A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

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