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Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
 Fit to give weight to smoke.
 [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]  
 Fit to give weight to smoke.
 [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.] 
 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.] 
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be 
thirsty, give him water to read more 
 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be 
thirsty, give him water to drink.
 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord 
shall reward thee. 
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
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.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.