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"What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will."
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"Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire."
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"Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course."
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"You wait until the forest fire is on your front step before you step up."
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"My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?"
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"Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice."
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"To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions."
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"The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire."
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"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."
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"We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire."
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"But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together."
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"Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand."
God
"Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm."
Harm
"Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always."
Comfort
"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity."
Time
"There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance."
Science
"What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will."
Fire
"Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm."
Habit
"Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance."
Science
"The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words."
Virtue
"Everything in excess is opposed to nature."
Nature
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