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Fire

«Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, what heavenly pleasure!»
«Driving a fire truck is always a thrill. Is it better than sex? No!»
Author: Lou Angeli | About: Disaster, Fire, Humor
«We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers.»
Author: Lou Angeli | About: Fire
«Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.»
Author: Otto Weininger (Philosopher) | About: Fire, Life | Keywords: flames, notable, notables, thereby
«Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.»
Author: Martha Graham (Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher) | About: Adversity, Fire | Keywords: The test
«Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.»
Author: Bible | About: Fire, Wood | Keywords: bearer, goes out
«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.»
Author: Bhagavad Gita | About: Desire, Fire, Wisdom | Keywords: embryo, Embryos, in embryo, obscured, womb
«Fire is the most tolerable third party»
«When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.»
Author: Irish Sayings | About: Fire | Keywords: applied, cracks
«Fire is never a gentle master»
Author: Proverb | About: Fire