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The burnt child dreads the fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
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.]
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
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.]
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial 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.
