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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
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.]
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests read more
Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
