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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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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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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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Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

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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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Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Fire Quotes,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Fire Sayings, General Sayings,
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In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.

In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.

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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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Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

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