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

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

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Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

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A crooked log makes a strait fire
[A crooked log makes a straight fire.]

A crooked log makes a strait fire
[A crooked log makes a straight fire.]

by George Herbert Found in: Fire Quotes,
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