"To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm."

Cause, Fire, Harm, Quick

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Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"For the cause that lacks assistance, the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, and the good that I can do."

George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer

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Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

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"I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

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"Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow."

Brigham Young, American Leader

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"I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

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"Logic is a poor model of cause and effect."

Gregory Bateson, British Scientist

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"A cause that only serves me is much like a door on the edge of a cliff, it doesn't open to anywhere good."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Cause there's only one reason for doing anything that you set out to do. if you don't want to be the best, then there's no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything."

Joe Montana, American Athlete

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"Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained by them for their section of the Republic."

Robert Toombs, American Politician

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"The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed."

Day

"Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements."

Fire

"Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat."

Eating

"My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business."

Business

"I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country."

Money

"The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance."

Performance

"I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary."

Money

"Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter."

Confidence

"It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer."

Open

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Alcohol