For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.
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Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Nor to rebuke the rich offender fear'd.
His preac... JOHN DRYDEN We were aware of his history. We looked into his background as we would with any person who would be... ED ROGAN When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them? MAYA BANKS He caught fire. Once he got his confidence going, there was no stopping him. MAX BAILEY My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treat... SIDNEY POITIER He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that
his reason is weak. JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE He came back to his vehicle and found out that his bag containing city fire equipment was missing, JAMES CONN A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself. ISAAC ASIMOV I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. I said it was a dream, and he agreed, But said it ... NEIL GAIMAN I can't think of any particular issues that would put him under any kind of fire. BRUCE CHRISTIANSON And as to him who is given his book behind his back, / He shall call for perdition, / And enter into... QURAN Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. WILLIAM ALLINGHAM My mind gave me,
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mother.
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goodness, as the Christian religion dot... FRANCIS BACON But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
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where the small flies were caught,... FRANCIS BACON We cannot command nature except by obeying her. FRANCIS BACON Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the... FRANCIS BACON Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for
execution than for counsel; and fitter for... FRANCIS BACON Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. FRANCIS BACON For knowledge, too, is itself a power.
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the cause frustrates the effect. FRANCIS BACON For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is
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