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Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
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.
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.
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
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.]
