Fire quotes

Arnold Matthew 1822-1888

Morality

We cannot kindle when we will
The fire which in the heart resides,
The spirit bloweth and is still
In mystery our soul abides.

Belloc Hilaire 1870-1953

Cautionary Tales „Matilda"

For every time She shouted „Fire!"
They only answered „Little Liar!"
And therefore when her Aunt returned,
Matilda, and the House, were Burned.

Blake William 1757-1827

Milton [preface]

Bring me my bow of burning gold:
Bring me my arrows of desire:
Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire.

Burns Robert 1759-1796

Gie me a spark o' nature's fire,
That's a' the learning I desire.

Burns Robert 1759-1796

(said shortly before his death)

Don't let the awkward squad fire over me.

Franklin Benjamin 1706-1790

Ne'er take a wife till though hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

Frost Robert 1874-1963

„Fire and Ice"

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Graham Harry 1874-1936

Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes

Billy, in one of his nice new sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes;
Now, although the room grows chilly,
I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy.

Harris Joel Chandler 1848-1908

You k'n hide de fier, but what you guine do wid de smoke?

Leach Reggie

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Madison James 1751-1836

The Federalist

Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.

Meredith George 1828-1909

Modern Love

Not till the fire is dying in the grate,
Look we for any kinship with the stars.

Morrison Jim 1943-1971

„Light My Fire"

C'mon, baby, light my fire.

Olivier Sir Laurence 1907-1989

(appealing on behalf of the Rose Theatre remains)
Can a muse of fire exist under a ceiling of commerce?

Peele George c. 1556-1596

The Hunting of Cupid

What thing is love for (well I wot) love is a thing.
It is a prick, it is a sting,
It is a pretty, pretty thing;
It is a fire, it is a coal
Whose flame creeps in at every hole.

Plato 429-347 BC

Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.

Proverbs and Sayings

Fire tries gold, misfortune men.

Proberbs and Sayings

Italian

Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves.

Putnam Israel 1718-1790

(at Bunker Hill)

Men, you are all marksmen - don't one of you fire until you see the white of their eyes.

Ralegh Sir Walter 1552-1618

„As You came From the Holy Land"

Love is a durable fire,
In the mind ever burning:
Never sick, never old, never dead,
From itself never turning.

Roosevelt Franklin D. 1882-1945

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory.

Shakespeare William 1564-1616

The Winter's Tale
It is a heretic that makes the fire,
Not she which burns in't.

Shakespeare William 1564-1616

Venus and Adonis

Love is a spirit all compact of fire,
Not gross to sink, but light, and will aspire.

Sitwell Dame Edith 1887-1964

Façade „Dark Song"

The fire was furry as a bear.

Yeats William Butler 1865-1939

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

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