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    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.

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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

by Martha Graham Found in: Fire Quotes,
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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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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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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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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.]

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Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]

Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]

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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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All the fatt's in the fire.

All the fatt's in the fire.

by John Marston Found in: Fire Quotes,
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