555 Proverbs about Fire / Page 3
41. Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
42. Paper can't wrap up a fire.
43. The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
44. Though you live near a forest, do not waste firewood.
45. Do not dress in clothes made of leaves when going to put out a fire.
46. Don't use oiled paper to wrap up fire.
47. Fire makes mud hard and gold melt.
48. Kindle not a fire you cannot put out.
49. To pretend to satisfy one's desires with worldly goods is like using straw to put out a fire.
50. Water from far away is no good for a fire close by.
51. The melon seller does not announce, "Bitter melons." Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.
52. Of a small spark, a great fire.
53. Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to quench it.
54. Distant water won't help to put out a fire close at hand.
55. A fire cannot be wrapped with paper.
56. Burn one day's gathering of firewood on the same day.
57. You cannot fight a fire with water from far away.
58. Add oil to a fire.
59. A flying moth throws itself into a fire.
60. He who plays with fire may become its victim.
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