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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.]
Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.
Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
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.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
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.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers.
We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers.
