You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
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
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.]
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.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.
In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
