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«When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy, with all the fire of your faith.»
Author: Abraham Kuyper
(Journalist, Prime Minister, Statesman, Theologian)
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«Time is the fire in which we burn»
«We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire»
«To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind»
«We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it»
Author: Tennessee Williams
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«The light that comes from the sun illuminates the whole world; and that which is in the moon, and in the fire; know that light to be Mine.»
«Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
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«When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
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«The United States is like giant boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it, there is no limit to the power it can generate.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
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