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Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
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.
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
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.