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Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
 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. 
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.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, read more
Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, what heavenly pleasure!
 A little fire is quickly trodden out;
 Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.  
 A little fire is quickly trodden out;
 Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench. 
 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. 
Behold, how great a matter a little read more 
 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. 
Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue 
among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth 
on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 
 E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries,
 E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.  
 E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries,
 E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.