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Fire Proverbs - page 2
The same fire purifies gold and consumes straw.
Italian Proverb
To set fire to the wood, you need the help of the wind.
Tibetan Proverb
When a king is about to lose his power his orders burn more intensely than fire.
Tibetan Proverb
Keep fire away from straw.
Ukrainian Proverb
Don't set the attic on fire just because you didn't catch any mice.
Vietnamese Proverb
Better ice that melts than fire that extinguishes.
Finnish Proverb
Pregnancy and fire cannot be kept secret.
Rwandan Proverb
He that will have fire must bear with smoke.
Dutch Proverb
Soon fire, soon ashes.
Dutch Proverb
Blood boils without fire.
Spanish Proverb
Fire drives the wasp out of its nest.
Italian Proverb
The one whose belly isn't full of straw isn't afraid of fire.
Algerian Proverb
It is not the fire in the fireplace which warms the house, but the couple who get along well.
Madagascan Proverb
Kif is like fire; a little warms, a great deal burns.
Moroccan Proverb
It is the one who lies by a fire who feels the heat.
Namibian Proverb
He who has a fever is not shown to the fire.
Zambian Proverb
Fire purges everything.
Berber Proverb
You cannot hide the smoke of the hut you set on fire.
Burundi Proverb
the remedy of fire is fire.
Swahili Proverb
If you are in a boat you are more afraid of fire than you are of water.
Japanese Proverb
It is useful to first see the spark before the fire.
Japanese Proverb
Fire and gunpowder are not bedfellows.
Ghana Proverb
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