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Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum read more

Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.]

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Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

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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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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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When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.

When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.

by Irish Sayings Found in: Fire Quotes,
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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.]

by Quintus Curtius Rufus Found in: Fire Quotes,
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Fire is never a gentle master

Fire is never a gentle master

by Proverb Found in: Fire Quotes,
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Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]

Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]

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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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