William Blake Quotes, Angel Quotes, Fire Quotes

As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs.

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Examples are cited by soldiers, of men who have seen the cannon pointed, and the fire given to it, and who have stepped aside from he path of the ball. The terrors of the storm are chiefly confined to the parlour and the cabin.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Men Quotes , Fire Quotes

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.

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And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.

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This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to see how the word of 'liberty' sets minds on fire.

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Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Fire Quotes , Years Quotes

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

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Dryden 's genius was of that sort which catches fire by its own motion; his chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.

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Tags : Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes , Fire Quotes , Hot Quotes

No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.

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Salamander: Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be extinct, the last one of which we have an account having been seen in Carcassonne by the Abbe Belloc, who exorcised it with a bucket of holy water.

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Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Fire Quotes , Water Quotes

They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.

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In each fire there is a spirit; Each one is wrapped in what is burning him.

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Tags : Dante Alighieri Quotes , Fire Quotes , Burning Quotes

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.

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Tags : John Donne Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Fire Quotes

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

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I went out to the hazelwood because a fire was in my head.

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The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

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Tags : Franz Kafka Quotes , Fire Quotes , Literature Quotes

We shall look on crime as a disease, and its physicians shall displace the judges, its hospitals displace the Galleys. Liberty and health shall be alike. We shall pour balm and oil where we formerly applied iron and fire; evil will be treated in charity, instead of in anger. This change will be simple and sublime.

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Tags : Victor Hugo Quotes , Simple Quotes , Fire Quotes

In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.

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Tags : Francis Bacon Quotes , Persistence Quotes , Fire Quotes

The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.

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Tags : Edgar Allan Poe Quotes , Fire Quotes , World Quotes

Out of the sea will rise Behemoth and Leviathan, and sail 'round the high-pooped galleys... Dragons will wander about the waste places, and the phoenix will soar from her nest of fire into the air. We shall lay our hands upon the basilisk, and see the jewel in the toad's head. Champing his gilded oats, the Hippogriff will stand in our stalls, and over our heads will float the Blue Bird singing of beautiful and impossible things, of things that are lovely and that never happen, of things that are not and that should be.

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I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

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Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Fire Quotes , Soldier Quotes